Git clone private github repository [duplicate]

Question

I want to clone a private github repository to another device. In another question, the answer was to add username and password like this:

git clone 'https://username:password/github.com/username/repo/'

However, for me that resultet in the following error:

fatal. unable to access 'https://name:password/github.com/username/repo/': URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL

What am I doing wrong? I hope y'all can help me. Thank you!

EDIT: I marked the question as duplicate, the suggested question solved my problem.

Note the @ (not a /), there are also many different ways of providing credentials, in the linked question above. Good luck! — msanford
– msanford, Commented Jun 4, 2020 at 12:48
Thank you. I'll try that out. I looked through many different questions, but none of them helped me. Sorry for asking a duplicate question, I didn't see that one. — Jannik
– Jannik, Commented Jun 4, 2020 at 13:03
Jannik it's alright, I have it bookmarked for my colleagues :) — msanford
– msanford, Commented Jun 4, 2020 at 13:11

Sambit Nag · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-04 12:54:53Z

Try [email protected] instead of https://

if still doesnt work follow below

The following steps should work

Thanks, the suggestions in the comments of my questions were already enough, simply replacing / with @ did it for me!

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