Git: Failed to erase credential: Element not found

Question

I\'m trying to set up Git on a fresh machine, and I\'m having trouble authenticating with my remote repository.

I have limited experience with Git, but I have succes

Answer 1

I was struggling with this issue myself using Windows 2008 (32bit), Git, GitExtensions.

When prompted with the username/password box when attempting to push, I was getting the same message even though I was certain that I was using the correct username/password.

Adding the user/password when configuring the origin fixed this for me:

git config remote.origin.url https://user:password@bitbucket.org/username