Git push returning error and not prompting for password

Question

I followed the first steps after creating a repository in github, but when I got to the line: git push -u origin master it fails with this error:

user$ git push -u origin master error: The requested URL returned error: 403 Forbidden while accessing https://github.com/thestranger/cfinder.git/info/refs fatal: HTTP request failed

I have remote added the correct origin url and I have git 1.7.10. The weird thing is that it is not prompting me for a username or password at all so I don't know what it's trying to use to access the repository on github. Does anyone know why it wouldn't prompt me for a password?

To clarify, the steps I followed were the ones github showed me after immediately creating the repository:

touch README.md git init git add README.md git commit -m "first commit" git remote add origin https://github.com/thestranger/cfinder.git git push -u origin master

which OS? Do you have a SSH agent installed?

matt b
– matt b

2012-08-24 01:36:26 +00:00
Commented Aug 24, 2012 at 1:36 — matt b
– matt b, Commented Aug 24, 2012 at 1:36
Mac OS X and I think so.

Swiss
– Swiss

2012-08-24 01:47:07 +00:00
Commented Aug 24, 2012 at 1:47 — Swiss
– Swiss, Commented Aug 24, 2012 at 1:47
I am also facing the same issue on Mac OS X

AlienOnEarth
– AlienOnEarth

2015-11-03 05:21:44 +00:00
Commented Nov 3, 2015 at 5:21 — AlienOnEarth
– AlienOnEarth, Commented Nov 3, 2015 at 5:21

Brandan · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-24 01:37:13Z

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You might try changing the URL to use SSH instead of HTTPS. In the root of your repo:

git remote set-url origin [email protected]:thestranger/cfinder.git

This will require that you have a public key registered on your GitHub account.

answered Aug 24, 2012 at 1:37

Brandan

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Swiss Over a year ago

Thanks, that worked, I'm still wondering what the problem was though.

Brandan Over a year ago

I'm not sure either. I've always used HTTPS for read-only access and SSH for read-write.

VonC · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-24 04:21:23Z

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https should be supported, but you need git 1.7.10+

answered Aug 24, 2012 at 4:21

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Nehal J Wani · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-29 05:41:42Z

In git 1.7.1, one can change the remote from:

https://github.com/username/project.git

to

https://[email protected]/username/project.git

That way, it definitely prompts for password.

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