Can't clone a github repo on Linux via HTTPS

Question

I\'m trying to do a simple git clone https://github.com/org/project.git on a CentOS box but get:

error: The requested URL returned error:

Answer 1

I was able to get a git 1.7.1 to work after quite some time.

First, I had to do disable SSL just so I could pull:

git config --global http.sslverify false

Then I could clone

git clone https://github.com/USERNAME/PROJECTNAME.git

Then after adding and committing i was UNABLE to push back. So i did

git remote -v

origin  https://github.com/USERNAME/PROJECTNAME.git (fetch)
origin  https://github.com/USERNAME/PROJECTNAME.git (push)

to see the pull and push adresses:

These must be modified with USERNAME@

git remote set-url origin https://USERNAME@github.com/USERNAME/PROJECTNAME.git

It will still prompt you for a password, which you could add with

USERNAME:PASSWORD@github.....

But dont do that, as you save your password in cleartext for easy theft.

I had to do this combination since I could not get SSH to work due to firewall limitations.