Git error: “Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists”

Question

I am using TortoiseGit on Windows. When I am trying to Clone from the context menu of the standard Windows Explorer, I get this error:

Please make sur

Answer 1

add these lines to your .get/config file (thanks to @kovshenin answer Git Pull: Change Authentication) :

[credential]
    helper = wincred