Attempting with a fresh install of Docker to docker-compose up --build a project but getting the error: error getting credentials - err: docker-credential-desktop resolves to executable in current directory (./docker-credential-desktop), out: Docker compose is installed: % docker-compose --version…

Got bitten by the same error message after having deinstalled a botched default Docker Desktop installation due to Docker never having heard of spaces in Windows paths and reinstalling. Afterwards, your dreaded error. In my case, a swift rm -rf ~/.docker cured the situation and I was then able to us…

Thanks @halb0 this fixed it for me :slight_smile:

I had to create an account here just to thank you! thank you!

@halb0 I also had to create an account here just to thank you!! You are a gentleman and scholar!! :grinning: :+1:

I only needed to delete ~/.docker/config.json because it had the creds config that wasn’t valid.

This helped me as well. Thank you. For me, it seems that the ~/.docker directory was created by Docker Desktop which I had installed before this error. And though I had uninstalled it and switched to the default context, this config dir and files were still being used, hence the error.

Fixing "err: docker-credential-desktop resolves to executable in current directory"

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carlosmoliveira (carlosoliveira) April 30, 2024, 2:47pm 4

Fixed for me too, thanks

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Fixing "err: docker-credential-desktop resolves to executable in current directory"

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