How can I authorise a private dependency (direct from another repo) in my site deployment?

[Melvin]

Hi @davestewart,

Thanks for reaching!

I found this Netlify Support Guide:

[Support Guide] How do I access private repositories in the build environment?

Last reviewed by Netlify Support on December 2022 The link from your repository to our service only authenticates us against the “main” repo that you first configured, and won’t automatically allow access to submodules even if they also belong to you and you’ve granted Netlify access to those repositories. In case your submodule is public, you can change the URI schema for it to start with https://, and it should work without further adjustment (so, in .gitmodules, change git@github.com… to h…

Could you give that a read and see if it helps?