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git clone doesn't find the remote repo

I'm trying to clone a GitHub private repo. I've access to it

So what i do is (HTTPS)

git clone https://github.com/xxxx1/xxxx2.git

When i do that i receive:

Cloning into 'xxxx2'...
remote: Repository not found.
fatal: repository 'https://github.com/xxxx1/xxxx2.git/' not found

First thing that looks weird for me is the extra "/" at the end, but i don't think that's the problem.

The only way i can do the git clone is via GitHub Desktop App, by URL.

On git status

$ git status
On branch develop
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/develop'.

On git fetch

$ git fetch
remote: Repository not found.
fatal: repository 'https://github.com/xxxx1/xxxx2.git/' not found

So the question is, what i'm doing wrong to be unable to clone the repo trough git bash?

Thanks so much

Solution

  • SSH creation with Git bash: That worked for me

    ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your_email@example.com"

    Enter file in which to save the key (/c/Users/xxxx/.ssh/id_rsa):

    Press enter

    Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): [Type a passphrase]
Enter same passphrase again: [Type passphrase again]

    Press enter

    $ cd .ssh
$ ls

    Received

    id_rsa  id_rsa.pub  known_hosts

    • First one is our private key (don’t share it to anyone)

    • Second one is our public key

      $ cat id_rsa.pub

      ssh-rsa […]

    On GitHub go to your user picture:

    • Settings
    • SSH and GPG Keys
    • New SSH Key:
    • Title: [Empty]
    • Value: Our public key
    • Click on: Add new SSH Key

    On Git bash:

    • cd ..
    • cd Documents
    • git clone git@github.com:xxxx1/xxxx2.git
    • cd [name_of_repo_cloned_folder]
    • git checkout develop