git clone hangs forever on github

Question

When I follow point 5 (Test everything out) in the github guide, the ssh command also hangs forever. According to the guide, I should be presented with a message that \"Gith

Answer 1

Was having the same issue on Windows / msys2. Seems to be something with the router. I pinged github.com and then cloned using my username

git clone https://cchamberlain@github.com/cchamberlain/

and it worked. Not sure if its a one-off yet.