The remote end hung up unexpectedly while git cloning

Question

My git client repeatedly fails with the following error after trying to clone the repository for some time.

What could be the issue here?

Answer 1

I found my problem to be with the .netrc file, if so for you too then you can do the following:

Open your .netrc file and edit it to include github credentials. Type nano ~/netrc or gedit ~/netrc

Then include the following: *machine github.com

login username

password SECRET

machine api.github.com

login username

password SECRET*

You can include your raw password there but for security purposes, generate an auth token here github token and paste it in place of your password.

Hope this helps someone