Composer [UnexpectedValueException] error will trying to use composer to install a github project

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I started getting a similar error and the reason was that Github recently changed the format of their auth tokens:

https://github.blog/changelog/2021-03-31-authentication-token-format-updates-are-generally-available/

To resolve the error:

  1. Find the composer/auth.json file (if you’re running the project in a container, you’ll have to bash into it and find the file in there)
  2. Remove its github.com entry. Your file will probably look like the following after removing the entry: {"github-oauth": {}}
  3. Run composer self-update. The issue got resolved in version 2.0.12. See the first item in the changelog for that version here: https://getcomposer.org/changelog/2.0.12

After that, you can restore your composer/auth.json file to its initial state as the newer version of composer will recognize the new key format.

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