How to troubleshoot a url error with “Port number ended with 'y'”?

Question

While trying to clone an already existing repository from gitlab into my local drive. I used the format

$ git clone https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2  mylibgit          


        

Answer 1

For gitlab, you don't need to specify the user.
Replace it by an https url based on your GitLab account name.

cd /path/to/your/repo
git remote set-url origin https://gitlab.com//
git push -u origin master

Note:

trying to clone an already existing repository from gitla

This contradict "git clone https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2", since this is a GitHub url, not a GitLab one.