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Reputation: 27855

git: fatal: I don't handle protocol '​​http'

I copy and pasted an git clone command from a web page: https://fedorahosted.org/ibus-typing-booster/

I got this:

user@host> git clone ​​http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/ibus-typing-booster.git

Cloning into 'ibus-typing-booster'...
fatal: I don't handle protocol '​​http'

Upvotes: 312

Views: 212968

Answers (20)

Inzimam Tariq IT
Inzimam Tariq IT

Reputation: 6758

If you are using Git Extensions GUI or GitHub Desktop (means if you're using any UI software and not command-line tool) to clone the repo then you have to copy and paste only the URL i.e. https://... So there is no need to have git clone before URL as That Software will do it itself.

Upvotes: 0

Fatihd
Fatihd

Reputation: 645

The solution is very simple:

1- Copy your git path. forexample : http://github.com/yourname/my-git-project.git

2- Open notepad and Paste it. Then copy the path from notepad.

3- paste the path to command line

thats it.

Upvotes: 5

Christian Carrillo
Christian Carrillo

Reputation: 2761

My solution:

  1. Type: git clone .
  2. Copy the repository url and paste it after of git clone .
  3. Move the cursor to position between git clone and https://... .
  4. Delete space if it had between git clone and https://... until have git clonehttps://...
  5. Re-add the space and press Enter.

Upvotes: 14

Prostil Hardi
Prostil Hardi

Reputation: 61

Well looks like if you copy paste the repository link you end up with this issue.

What I have noticed it this

  1. If you use the copy button on GitHub and then paste the URL in GitBash(Windows) it throws this error
  2. If you select the link and then paste then it works, or you could also just type the URL that works as well.

So I think it might be an issue with the GitHub copy button

Upvotes: 0

Suraj Vaishnav
Suraj Vaishnav

Reputation: 8305

In Android Studio:

I removed git clone and just retain the url only and it worked!!

Upvotes: 3

guettli
guettli

Reputation: 27855

I copied and pasted the whole line git clone http://....

The character between git clone and http://... looks like a space, but it is a special Unicode character!

Short answer: After removing this character, and entering a real space, it worked!

For people who love details: I see two ways to reveal ascii vs special-unicode-characters

Way1: Python

Here is the real line:

vi t.txt # copy+paste the line
python
open('t.txt').read()
git clone \xe2\x80\x8b\xe2\x80\x8bhttp://...

Way2: less

vi t.txt # copy+paste the line
LESSCHARSET=ascii less vi.txt

If it looks like git clone <E2><80><8B><E2><80><8B>http://, then you copy+pasted special-unicode-characters.

Upvotes: 634

tejraj
tejraj

Reputation: 309

Related answer with this question.
Error - fatal: I don't handle protocol 'git clone https'
I was trying to clone git project to my newly installed VScode in my Linux system, i was copied the entire url from bit bucket, which was like

git clone https://[email protected]/abcuser/myproject.git


But actually it running command like

git clone git clone https://[email protected]/abcuser/myproject.git

in the bit bucket.
So Simply do the following steps :
1. Enter Ctr+p; this will open command box. Enter and open 'Clone'
2. Now only paste the url of your git reposiratory here. eg: https://[email protected]/abcuser/myproject.git
3. After that box for enter your git password will appear on screen. Enter your git password here.
4. Done.

Upvotes: 1

beroe
beroe

Reputation: 12316

This just happened to us without any whitespace issues, and changing https: to http: fixed it...

Upvotes: 1

Yusuf Khan
Yusuf Khan

Reputation: 4070

in visual studio code option git:clone i tried every thing e.g putting 5 backspace, deleting the special Unicode character! and putting space nothing works for me

solution works for me

simply open git bash and paste the whole git clone url and done,

it seems there is some issue with visual studio code

Upvotes: 1

Paritosh Mahajan
Paritosh Mahajan

Reputation: 141

Mostly it is due to some invisible unicode characters which can come if you hit "Ctrl+V" or "Ctrl+Shift+V" in the terminal. Don't copy and paste the whole command. Instead , type git clone and then copy and paste the url using Right Click + Paste.

Upvotes: 14

J.Hpour
J.Hpour

Reputation: 969

I simply added 5 "SPACE"s between clone and the url:

  git clone     ​https://<PATH>/<TO>/<GIT_REPO>.git

and it works!

Upvotes: 27

Naveen Gupta
Naveen Gupta

Reputation: 286

Please Check URL you have pasted and It takes additional h after clone.

So either you have paste full git clone http://<URL>.git or just remove additional letter before git repository URL.

Upvotes: 1

Jeremy
Jeremy

Reputation: 21

if you are using windows use 'url' speech marks to open and close your url eg git clone 'your-url-here'

Upvotes: 1

vidur punj
vidur punj

Reputation: 5871

clonning below : 

git clone https://github.com/zendframework/ZendSkeletonApplication.git

gives error: 

Cloning into 'ZendSkeletonApplication'...
fatal: I don't handle protocol 'https'

Modified it to:

git clone https://github.com/zendframework/ZendSkeletonApplication

works perfectly or you can just git clone the url. I am using os windows 10 and gitbash.

Upvotes: 1

Reezoo
Reezoo

Reputation: 190

Please do not copy from the clipboard . Just copy the url from your browser's location / Address bar .enter image description here

Upvotes: 4

Arsen
Arsen

Reputation: 664

The same issue happened with me when I have just copied the url into the clipboard and then pasted it into the terminal. Rewriting whole the line without copy-past option resolved my issue.

Upvotes: 3

mhn
mhn

Reputation: 2750

I used double quotes for the URL and it worked. So something like 

git clone "​​http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/ibus-typing-booster.git"

works.. single quotes dont help. It has to be double quotes.

Upvotes: 11

Felipe Belluco
Felipe Belluco

Reputation: 1222

Use backspace to delete whatever there is between git clone and the url and then use spacebar to add a clean space between them. Simple as that.

Upvotes: 58

Zovfreullia
Zovfreullia

Reputation: 49

You can also use a text editor:

  • Paste the URL in the text editor
  • Copy the URL that was just pasted from the text editor
  • Paste it in the command line

Upvotes: 4

Rajan
Rajan

Reputation: 1511

Summary: Type the url instead of copy pasting it in the commandline. It worked for me.

Upvotes: 17

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