[BUG]: Token not correctly being retrieved from the Github CLI when using Enterprise EU Data Residency

[yoep]

Expected Behavior

The provider should retrieve the Github CLI token of XXX.ghe.com when the base_url has been configured for Github Enterprise EU Data Residency.

Actual Behavior

The provider is unable to retrieve the Github CLI token for the hostname, as it's using the incorrect base_url.
This results in "no oauth token found for api.XXX.ghe.com".

Terraform Version

Terraform v1.14.8
on darwin_amd64

• provider registry.terraform.io/integrations/github v6.11.1

Affected Resource(s)

• all resources

Terraform Configuration Files

terraform {
  required_providers {
    github = {
      source  = "integrations/github"
      version = "6.11.1"
    }
  }
}

provider "github" {
  base_url = "https://XXX.ghe.com"
  owner    = "FooBar"
}

Steps to Reproduce

• Authenticate with the Github CLI

gh auth login -h XXX.ghe.com

• Make sure the provider is configured for Enterprise EU Data Residency
• Run Terraform plan

Debug Output

2026-04-01T15:45:51.802+0200 [INFO]  provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.11.1: 2026/04/01 15:45:51 [INFO] Selecting owner  from GITHUB_OWNER environment variable: timestamp="2026-04-01T15:45:51.802+0200"
2026-04-01T15:45:51.802+0200 [INFO]  provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.11.1: 2026/04/01 15:45:51 [INFO] No token found, using GitHub CLI to get token from hostname api.XXX.ghe.com: timestamp="2026-04-01T15:45:51.802+0200"
2026-04-01T15:45:51.968+0200 [INFO]  provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.11.1: 2026/04/01 15:45:51 [DEBUG] Error getting token from GitHub CLI: exit status 1: timestamp="2026-04-01T15:45:51.968+0200"

Panic Output

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[github-actions]

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[deiga]

Hey @yoep
While I understand that this can be frustrating for you, we are planning to remove the support for directly using the gh CLI in the near future. Thus it doesn't seem worthwhile to fix this

[yoep]

Hi @deiga ,

I wasn't aware of the github cli auth feature being deprecated in the future.
As we're already using the token env var workaround, we'll continue with that for local testing purposes.

export GITHUB_TOKEN=$(gh auth token --hostname XXX.ghe.com)