Git: Permission denied (publickey) fatal - Could not read from remote repository. while cloning Git repository

Question

I am unable to clone a Git repository, and getting this error:

krishna.soni@KRISHNACHANDRAS /c/Projects $ git clone http://stage.abc.com:10088/pqr
http://<         


        

Answer 1

If you want to clone open source projects to submit a Pull Request:

I wanted to clone an open source project so I could submit some pull requests. The problem was that I didn't have permissions from the owner of the project. No matter, since my intention was to submit a PR, here is a viable alternative:

My solution:

1. Fork Repository

2. Then clone from your forked repository.

3. Work on your features and then submit a pull request.