为什么我会致命：身份验证失败<repo url></repo>

Question

I just got started on Github again, and created a new repo. It's a private repo, so I use git clone <URL_clone_link> , and it prompts for username and password (both of which I've verified are correct), but ends with the fatal error in the Title.

I'm using a terminal on a relatively new iMac, and it doesn't seem to be a local machine issue. I just don't understand why it won't authenticate me using the same username/pwd I use to log in.

Answer 1

First, check that, as commented, you have 2FA activated .
If yes, the password to enter would be a PAT (Personal Access Token) that you would need to generate and add to your tokens .

Second, check your git config credential.helper output: if osxkeychai y, you might need to do:

 git credential-osxkeychain erase https://github.com

In order to remove the password cached by the osxkeychain credential caching setup.