Cannot clone git from Azure DevOps using PAT

Question

I cannot clone a simple repository from Azure DevOps. OS: Ubuntu 18.10

I do this:

• Got to Azure DevOps
• Click on the top right corner on my use

Answer 1

This official guide procedure worked for me, but with one important point. When base64-encoding, one must put attention to non-printable characters.

The guide says:

MY_PAT=yourPAT      # replace "yourPAT" with your actual PAT
B64_PAT=$(printf ":$MY_PAT" | base64)
git -c http.extraHeader="Authorization: Basic ${B64_PAT}" clone 
https://dev.azure.com/yourOrgName/yourProjectName/_git/yourRepoName

Using "echo" instead of "printf" would insert a newline char, changing the base64 string (probably would work also with "echo -n" but I haven't tried). Also, do not include the username, as per the snippet above.

Used git 2.17.1 on Ubuntu 18.04.