Git fatal: protocol 'https' is not supported

Question

I am going through Github\'s forking guide: https://guides.github.com/activities/forking/ and I am trying to clone the repository onto my computer. However, running the command:

Answer 1

Edit: This particular users problem was solved by starting a new terminal session.

A ? before the protocol (https) is not support. You want this:

git clone git@github.com:octocat/Spoon-Knife.git

or this:

git clone https://github.com/octocat/Spoon-Knife.git