Cloning repositories from github fails

Question

I am unable to clone any repositories from github. I always get this error message

fatal: Could not read from remote repository. Please make sure you have the
correct access rights and the repository exists

I have taken care of the following :

1. Set my path variable to ;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Git\\cmd; and C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Git\\bin; ;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Git\\cmd; and C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Git\\bin;
2. I have generated the public key and linked id_rsa.pub with git

I have seen all the related links and am unable to resolve this issue.

Answer 1

If you have issue with the ssh key, you can at least use as a workaround https url :

git clone https://github.com/username/reponame

Regarding ssh, make sure that:

• environment variable HOME is defines, and that your private/public ssh keys are in:

   %HOME%\\.ssh\\id_rsa %HOME%\\.ssh\\id_rsa.pub 

• your public ssh key is added to your GitHub account .