无法克隆私有存储库 github：身份验证失败

Question

I have created a private repo in github and when I am trying to clone it using cmd (git), I am prompted with github window where I enter my username and password. It says login failed in the cmd and then asks username/password in the cmd. I enter the credentials again and press enter. I get error like fatal: Authentication failed for

I performed the above operation using https. when I tried with ssh, i get this error git@github.com: Permission denied (publickey). fatal: Could not read from remote repository. Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists.

How can I clone this private repository?

Answer 1

Github no longer supports basic account credentials (username and password). You have to generate a personal access token to proceed. follow these steps here: Generate Personal Access Token

I use Webstorm IDE and it made this very easy to fix. I hope this works for you.

Answer 2

Dec, 2021 Update:

You can clone a private repository with this syntax of the command below:

* token is personal access token .

git clone https://<username>:<token>@github.com/<username>/<reponame>.git

To clone a private repository, you need to generate a token(personal access token) and add it to the command.

This is how you generate a token:

1, Go to "Settings" :

2, Scroll down then go to "Developer settings" :

3, Press "Personal access tokens" then press "Generate new token" :

4, Fill "Note" then check "repo" :

* If "repo" is not checked, you cannot clone a private repository.

5, Scroll down then press "Generate token" :

6, Finally, a token(Personal access token) is generated:

This is the command with the token generated above :

git clone https://<username>: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@github.com/<username>/<reponame>.git