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Unable to clone repository from Gitlab: Permission denied, please try again


I'm trying to clone an empty repository from my Gitlab account. I simply use the address shown on my Gitlab repository page under SSH:

[email protected]:USERNAME/project-name.git

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Then simply try this in an empty folder, but it keeps telling me permission denided, asking for retry:

git clone [email protected]:USERNAME/project-name.git
Cloning into 'project-name'...
[email protected]'s password:
Permission denied, please try again.
[email protected]'s password:

and when I choose the https address for clone, this is the message:

remote: HTTP Basic: Access denied
fatal: Authentication failed for ....

I am able to login to Gitlab homepage with that password, so I don't know what is really wrong.

What is wrong? How to fix it?


Solution

  • As I'm in Windows, this answer was the life saver:

    It happen every time I'm forced to change the Windows password and none of above answers helped to me.

    Try below solution which works for me:

    Go to Windows Credential Manager (press Windows Key and type credential) to edit the git entry under Windows Credentials. Replace old password with the new one.