There are several places within our UI where we need to authenticate a user and/or select a GitHub/GitHub Enterprise server.

User Stories

Activities

• Cloning a repo
• Creating a repo
• Publishing a repo

Stories

• As a unauthenticated user I want to sign in while [Activity].
• As a GitHub.com authenticated user, I want sign into a GitHub Enterprise account while [Activity].
• As a GitHub.com authenticated user, I want sign into another GitHub.com account while [Activity].
• As a GitHub Enterprise authenticated user, I want sign into a GitHub.com account while [Activity].
• As a GitHub Enterprise authenticated user, I want sign into another account on the same GitHub Enterprise server while [Activity].
• As a GitHub Enterprise authenticated user, I want sign into another GitHub Enterprise server while [Activity].

Current Workflows

After the initial authentication, how to authenticate with a different GitHub or GitHub Enterprise account is isn't very intuitive. The user must discover the Team Explorer - Connect page and then click on Manage Connections > Connect to GitHub.

Publish to GitHub workflow

1. User is invited to choose a Git service for publishing

2. Clicking on notification gives option to Publish to GitHub

3. Clicking Publish to GitHub opens sign in dialog and then shows publish view

4. If user is already logged in there is no option to authenticate or choose a different server

5. User must somehow discover the connect page (green plug on tool bar) and Connect to GitHub or Sign out

Clone from GitHub workflow

1. User clicks in GitHub icon from Clone or checkout code

2. When not already authenticated user is presented with sign in dialog

3. When already authenticated user has option to Sign in as top of dialog

(The GitHub.com and / or GitHub Enterprise tabs are selectively shown if user has authenticated with that server)

Create a repository workflow

1. User clicks GitHub > Create from Team Explorer - Connect page

2. Create is tied to a GitHub/GitHub Enterprise account so dialog knows where to create the repository

How Azure DevOps works

Clone workflow

• Uses an account picker drop-down with option to Add an account...

Publish workflow

• Uses same account picker drop down as clone

• Drop-down always includes option to Add an account...

• This is what it shows if the user hasn't authenticated

Possible solutions

• Add a common container for dialogs to support authentication and account selection
• Mimic the Azure User Control to support logging in and picking accounts