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Reputation: 66470

Git for windows 7 failing to clone the repo from github

I have git repo https://github.com/jcubic/jquery.terminal I'm working with it using linux box (Xubuntu) it work fine but when I've try to clone it using Windows 7 git bash I got this error:

jankiewj@RWAMW35281 MINGW64 /c/docs $ git clone
https://github.com/jcubic/jquery.terminal.git Cloning into
'jquery.terminal'... fatal: I don't handle protocol 'https'

jankiewj@RWAMW35281 MINGW64 /c/docs $ git clone
[email protected]:jcubic/jquery.terminal.git Cloning into
'jquery.terminal'... The authenticity of host 'github.com
(192.30.252.130)' can't be established. RSA key fingerprint is
SHA256:nThbg6kXUpJWGl7E1IGOCspRomTxdCARLviKw6E5SY8. Are you sure you
want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes Warning: Permanently added
'github.com,192.30.252.130' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
Permission denied (publickey). fatal: Could not read from remote
repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository
exists.

jankiewj@RWAMW35281 MINGW64 /c/docs

Is there a way to clone using https I don't want to add ssh key from windows box to GitHub.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 854

Answers (1)

VonC
VonC

Reputation: 1323115

Regarding https, check if there is no strange characters, as in this question.

I just typed:

git clone https://github.com/jcubic/jquery.terminal

It worked just fine.

For ssh, you would indeed need to add your public key to your GitHub account, and check the value of echo $HOME.

Upvotes: 1

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