Visual Studio with GitHub: Invalid URI: The URI scheme is not valid

Question

I want to clone my repository to compile and improve it, with Visual Studio Community 2017.

On command line I would type git clone git@github.com:aegif/CmisSync.git

Visual Studio has a Team Explorer view with a Clone button, but it does not seem to work as I would expect, it shows errors:

So I specified a scheme:

So I specify a port:

... which I guess is caused by Visual Studio trying to connect without bothering to authenticate me or creating SSH keys first.

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

I had this problem when I try to clone a repo from bitbucket. I just open sourcetree and cloned it. Then switched to Visual Studio 2019 to open it.

Answer 2

The GitHub extension for Visual Studio sometimes crashes or makes Visual Studio slower, so another option is:

1. Download Git from the official website
2. Install Git for Windows
3. Using it, clone your repository
4. Open the local repository from Visual Studio
5. Perform all Git operations with Git for Windows

Answer 3

By default this version of Visual Studio does not include GitHub integration.

First, click Tools>Get tools and features and install GitHub extension for Visual Studio:

Then on the Clone link under GitHub, not the one under Local Git repositories:

Now you can easily select your GitHub repository and clone it.