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Cache calls invalid method on ObjectCache

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
ruby

Research direction

Start by reading lib/github_authentication/cache.rb around line 23 and compare its clear path with lib/github_authentication/object_cache.rb. Reproduce the failure using github-authentication in a script, then verify that clearing the in-memory cache no longer raises the reported NoMethodError.

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Description

As far as I can tell, cache calls an invalid method when using the in-memory cache:

/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/github-authentication-0.1.2/lib/github/authentication/cache.rb:24:in `clear': undefined method `delete' for #<Github::Authentication::ObjectCache:0x00007ff6e00edc90> (NoMethodError)

cache calls delete here:

https://github.com/Shopify/github-authentication/blob/master/lib/github_authentication/cache.rb#L23

but object cache does not have a delete method defined:

https://github.com/Shopify/github-authentication/blob/master/lib/github_authentication/object_cache.rb

running into this when trying to use github-authentication in a script

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