The requested URL returned error: 403 Forbidden while accessing github.com

Question

So, I have a repo setup, on another machine. I\'ve committed and pushed files and they view fine on github.com. Now, I have ran git init on another machine and

Answer 1

When trying to access https://github.com/me/someproj.git/info/refs from the browser you'll notice the following message which associated with a 403 status code:

Please upgrade your git client. GitHub.com no longer supports git over dumb-http: https://github.com/blog/809-git-dumb-http-transport-to-be-turned-off-in-90-days

If you are using git prior to 1.6.6, try to update it or better use a SSH protocol.

Also check your setup with git config --global user.name and git config --global user.password.