Is it just a private repo you're wanting to access, or a private organization repo? If the latter, from that first link I think an organization owner has to grant access for the app (so I guess even if you have access as a GitHub user, you don't automatically get access when using the app). You may well have already looked here, but I found this on an initial google: However, I'd be surprised if it's not possible to access private repos at all this way. So it could well be that the solution for that is different. So the commonality of my problem with the original question here was 'organization repos not appearing' rather than the private/public dimension of the question. Return to SourceTree, click on 'Refresh Personal Access. Create an access token with all the scoping. But certainly the repos I was concerned with were public ones, just that they belonged to an organization. Use the following information for adding a hosting account: Switch back to your web browser, navigate to the DD GitLab. I'm afraid it's a while since I did this, so I forget the details. [This Medium article described the same problem and solution, except that they suggest deleting and re-creating the OAuth token, whereas I was able to just edit the settings on mine: not sure if is the same/similar problem to above, but I came across this question when searching for a solution, so thought it good to add my solution here after I worked out what my issue was.) To fix, go to your GitHub settings -> Applications -> Authorized OAuth Apps -> Sourcetree ('SourcetreeForWindows' in my case): you can see the list of permissions granted, and underneath that Organization access, and the option to turn it on. I discovered it was an issue with the default permissions in the OAuth settings by default, it doesn't give organization access.

I tried starring the relevant one, but that didn't make a difference. I had a similar problem after adding my GitHub account to SourceTree, repos belonging to my organization weren't appearing in the 'Remote repositories' list.

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