Cloning git repo causes error - Host key verification failed. fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

Question

I am using SSH to clone a git repo to my web server, but every time I get this error

$git clone git@github.com:aleccunningham/marjoram.git
Cloning into marjo         


        

Answer 1

I had the same issue, and the solution is very simple, just change to git bash from cmd or other windows command line tools. Windows sometimes does not work well with git npm dependencies.