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For some reason, a new IntelliJ installation is unable to log in to GitHub. (The credentials are correct.)
It happens both when I try to "share project on githu" and "checkout project from version control", select Git and then try to log in to GitHub.
Here's the login prompt:
Server: github.com
Login: <my username>
Password: <my password>
And the error message:
Invalid authentication data. Can't create token:
scopes - [repo, gist] - not IntelliJ Plugin_1 422
Unprocessable Entity - Validation Failed
[OauthAccess; description]already_exists: null
Now, this is on a freshly installed Windows 10 computer, with a freshly installed IntelliJ. So there are no old tokens or anything like that anywhere in the system. This is the first attempt to access GitHub from IntelliJ. Logging in via web works fine.
That kind of error messages can be frustrating, as it takes more than a little knowledge on the subject to understand exactly what is wrong. Usually, however, the problem is either the authentication (invalid username/email/password) or that there's a problem with git (locally).
First of all, check that you have git installed by running "git" from the command prompt. This is a more common mistake than one would think.
Second, try y.bedrov's suggestion. Log in to github.com on the web. Settings -> Developer settings -> Personal access tokens. Create a new token and then, in IntelliJ, select Enter Token at the login prompt.
Tokens are considered a more secure way to authenticate, I believe.
Oh, in case you generated the token from GitHub and are unable to use that in IntelliJ...
Then, go to Settings -> Version Control -> GitHub
In the Login to GitHub popup, click "Use Token" on the top right corner of the popup.
Add your token and enjoy.
When you make first attempt to access GitHub from IntelliJ, you do not have intellij-github authorization in place and also tokens.
So, follow the instructions here to get rid to this issue.
https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/github.html#register-account
After this, the project can be easliy shared on github.
In my situation it was because I was behind a proxy and IntelliJ was not able to reach the internet.
To verify whether IntelliJ is able to reach the internet go to Settings>System Settings>HTTP Proxy
Click on check connection and try for example http://google.nl.
I had to set my proxy to Auto-detect so it will use the proxy of Windows.
From my experience, you will have to set the remote of this project, try to find the "Remote..." within the "VCS" tab, then when you set it, IntelliJ will open your default browser and there is a permission check, which is what lead to your error message.
In short, Set remote, Authorize IntelliJ on GitHub Settings.
The issue is that IDE tries to create a token with the name that already exists. Appears to be related with the token name case - see https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-198120
As a workaround, navigate to https://github.com/settings/tokens and delete all tokens called IntelliJ Plugin (including those with suffix)
Couple of issues can be there to block you from accessing your github repo and throwing 403 error. Hence please go step by step.
Step-1 : Local git is corrupted or not working
git branch -r [If it gives result you are good]
git ls-remote --heads <remot_git_location>
if one of the above is working then your local git is good. If not use
git config --global --unset credential.helper
Step-2 : From your IDE (IntelliJ or PHPStorm etc) see git is configured and test it.
Go to Default Settings-->GitHub and Your host should be "https://github.com"
Get your Github personal token. Login to your github account from browser. Settings -> Developer settings -> Personal access tokens.
o Select all “repo”, gist and “read.org” in your scope.
o Create the token
Last step: If still not working, Go to VCS--> GIT --> Remotes --> Change the repo to include token explicitly
https://user_name:<your_TOKEN>#github.com/reponame.git
Paste the token in your IDE and test the connection.
If your problem still persists then check if there is network issue.
I have had the same problem to sign up from Android Studio's interface to my GitHub account. At the end what worked is installing Git from VSC tab as this guy said:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/65059893/14715236
But i still not being able to access my account (note: with Login-Password method) so generating token it worked.
I also had the problem with logging to github using Intelij IDE. It shown "invalid authentication data" msg with 404 error. Installing the latest version of the IDE solve that problem.
If you use two factor auth then you need to use an access token.
If you use HTTPs access, after 2-factor authentication is enabled you will need to configure an Access token (BitBucket calls it app password) and use it to authenticate.
https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206537004-How-to-access-GIT-remote-repositories-with-2-factor-authentication
Github has disabled password based auth to api as here https://docs.github.com/en/rest/overview/other-authentication-methods
In my case somehow I was logged out and IDE was showing this error repeatedly instead of login prompt.
So, I just logged in again in setting-> Version Control -> github.
There I saw I was logged out.
After logging in, error was gone and prompt for
Access token was shown when I clicked on git->github on top menu of IDE.
Hope my answer helps you saving some time
Since August 13, 2021. GitHub no longer supports password authentication for git operations. You must generate a token in your GitHub account. Follow
"Settings> Developer Setting > Personal access tokens > tokens (classic)". while generating your token, you must "SET PERMISSION" for your token. Whenever you want to Sign In via Intellij or git terminal, you must enter your username and your token (instead of password) in the password textbox.
I know that similar questions have already been posted here. However, I think my scenario is a bit different. Here is what I have.
I downloaded and installed the latest official version of the SourceTree software. Also, I have a GitHub account with permissions to clone and push the repository. In order to manage a local copy, I need to clone the online version. Here are the steps that I take:
Start the SourceTree and navigate to File -> Clone / New ...
In the opened window I paste the HTTPS clone URL. I copied it from the browser after I logged in to my GitHub account so the link is correct.
The nest step is to specify a local folder where the repository will be copied. However, when I click to enter Destination Path, the window shows an error:
This is not a valid source path / URL
Clicking the error may give the following details:
remote: Repository not found.
fatal: repository 'https://github.com/org/repo.git/' not found
remote: Repository not found.
fatal: repository 'https://github.com/org/repo.git/' not found
Or the details may be empty. SourceTree does not tell me the reason for the error or anything else.
I tried to re-install SourceTree but the error still exists. I asked the Administration of the GitHub repository for any other permissions but my account has all of them. I am able to push changes to the online repository using the Terminal console but I would like to use a UI (that SourceTree provides) to manage and compare changes in the code.
One think I did not try is to clone the repository using another GtHub account. However, I don't want to do that because I need to commit any changes to the repository on my behalf.
Does anybody know how can this error be fixed or worked around?
I was facing the same issue in Sourcetree for macOS:
This is not a valid source path / URL
The following solution worked for me:
Sourcetree > Preferences > Advanced
Remove the Host name
Clone the project again in Sourcetree
A prompt will pop up; enter your git credentials.
That's it, it resolved my issue.
Lastly on Mac I went to
Sourcetree->Preferences->Git->Git version->Use System Git
and it works... puf!
The exact error message is (as illustrated here):
This is not a valid source path / URL
Possible cause:
proxy settings (as in this thread)
setup steps, with Git disabled (as in here)
When SourceTree started for the first time, I skipped setting up Git & Mercurial in the wizard. Then I reran the wizard and chose to download and install the embedded packages.
But it seems installing those didn't actually enable them - in the Tools -> Options dialogue they were both disabled!
Enabling Mercurial (or Git in your case) allowed the clone dialogue to correctly identify the repo.
credential issues (as in here, from my old answwer)
So I'm here in 2021. Previous answers didn't work for me. There is an issue with a SourceTree (to be honest a lot of issues actually) and as a workaround you can use a token as a password to connect to GitHub.
Use this url to create it: https://github.com/settings/tokens
I hope it helps! 🙂
I was facing the same issue with windows 10 and source tree. After bit research following solution worked for me.
I needed to download or enable the git support in source tree.
Steps
1) Go to Tools -> Options -> Git -> Enable git support
That's it it resolved my issue. Happy coding :)
I was facing the same issue in mac. The following solution worked for me :
Generate personal access token in Github using the following steps :
Login to Github account -> Settings -> Developer Settings -> Personal
access tokens -> Generate new token -> Enter token name -> Generate
token
Sourcetree > Preferences > Advanced
Remove the Host name
Clone the project again in Sourcetree
A prompt will pop up; enter your git credentials. (enter username and in
password enter newly generated access token)
After following this steps, Clone option will get enabled
May I also just add that I resolved this issue by installing Git through SourceTree from [SourceTree]>Tools>Options>Git.
As I'd been using mercurial exclusively on that system till then it had never been installed, and so was presenting the above described error when trying to clone.
Hopefully this helps someone with the same issue! If not, good luck!
I was facing the same issue with windows 10 and source tree. After bit research following solution worked for me. I needed to download or enable the git support in source tree.
Steps 1) Go to Tools -> Options -> Git -> Enable git support
That's it it resolved my issue. Happy coding :)
Even tried all the options above, It quite dint work for me.
I disable the option of ssl certificate
steps :
Go to Tools -> Options -> Git. check the box of "Disable SSL certificate validation"
It worked for me.
Open source tree Tools -> Options -> Git -> Update Embedded. While updating it will ask your gitlab account for linking. After that restart your system.
Adding my scenario and solution:
I have two factor authentication turned on. I couldn't see some private repositories, and couldn't clone from URL. The error I saw was:
remote: Repository not found.
fatal: repository 'https://github.com/bizzabo/web-common.git/' not found
remote: Repository not found.
fatal: repository 'https://github.com/bizzabo/web-common.git/' not found
Supposedly newer versions of SourceTree don't need a personal access token because they can authenticate directly with github, but I couldn't get this to work.
Apparently OAuth and 2FA don't mix well together -- so I changed the authentication method from oauth to basic and used the access token I generated. That did it.
Just in case someone who has multiple git accounts connected and faces this issue, I solved it by going to Tools > Options > Authentication and marking the account which has access to the repo you are trying to clone as default.
Install git to your system by browser and then go to the source tree, click on
Tools -> Options -> Git
then scroll down and click on system.
It works for me, I hope for you too.
I had to uninstall and reinstall SourceTree before it would work. I think my antivirus (Comodo ) was blocking/sandboxing some stuff on the initial install so I disabled it for the reinstall.
I had also same issue This is not a valid source path / URL and it got resolved by updating the Embedded Git of Source Tree.
This issue also manifested itself where I couldn't push or pull from previously cloned and working repositories in source tree. I complained about authentication username and password but clearly that was not the case.
Steps to resolve:
Open source tree, Tools -> Options -> Click on Git Tab -> Update Embedded Git.
I had the same problem. My resolution was to commit an initial file into the repo. After that, I could clone the repo to my desktop.
options -->Tools--->disable ssh worked for me in Mac
The issue might be because of SourceTree didn't have all private access from Github
I have answered here please check to avoid the duplicate answer posting reference link
https://stackoverflow.com/a/62145210/4328589
If you are using Mac and there is Keychain access handling all your authentication, then delete the entry for stash/git url. Now try to checkout in sourcetree and it will ask to enter the password again.
That will solve your problem.
I face this issue on Windows 11 and following are the steps worked for me :
Click on Open with GitHub Desktop option [Refer below image]
Download & install
Launch and click on Open in browser with Github.com
Enter your credentials & validate
Now, Open SourceTree
Click on Tools > Options > Authentication
You will see your Git credentials were successfully added in SourceTree & you can proceed with any option like clone repo etc
I was trying to clone a project from gitlab. However, I have cloned gitlab projects earlier with an account/user credentials which is different from the new account I want to use. In this case, I had deleted the credentials for the old account and then I was able to clone the project by entering credentials for the new gitlab account. To delete the account on MAC go to Preferences > Advanced > Select the account to remove > Click remove.
In my case i was doing new Mac book setup.
Without installing Xcode i was trying to clone branch using SourceTree.
After Xcode installation done, branch cloned successfully.
SourceTree asked for system password for cloning.
I'm posting another possible solution, as I just helped a colleague who couldn't clone a private repo belonging to a GitHub organization even though he had been given the correct level of access.
Check the Windows Credential Manager, especially if you've been using the same machine for some time or have connected to different accounts.
Git may be picking up the wrong credentials without you realizing it, and that's why it can't find the repo.
To be on the safe side, delete all the credentials that have to do with git/github. You'll know you have done it properly and are starting from a fresh state when you will try cloning again and git will ask you to authorize it through your browser.
probably you try the wrong account only add this
account.name# to link
you can learn it from your GitLab account
https://account.name#gitlab.com/samrak-growth/samrak-app-backend.git
In my specific case (setting up a new mac) the root cause was a "missing xcrun" meaning the local dev tools wasn't activated, and the local git client can't run properly.
that was my fix
xcode-select --install
In my case I had used SourceTree's "Add account" setting to add my Bitbucket and GitHub accounts to SourceTree under the SSH protocol. SourceTree did everything correctly to generate SSH keys and add them to my machine but it made a slight mess of the entries that it added to my ~/.ssh/config file. It created entries as follows:
Host username-Bitbucket
HostName bitbucket.org
User username
PreferredAuthentications publickey
IdentityFile /Users/adil/.ssh/username-Bitbucket
UseKeychain yes
AddKeysToAgent yes
Host username-GitHub
HostName github.com
User username
PreferredAuthentications publickey
IdentityFile /Users/adil/.ssh/username-GitHub
UseKeychain yes
AddKeysToAgent yes
The Host values it generated are incorrect. I changed the entries in my ~/.ssh/config file to the following:
Host bitbucket.org
User username
PreferredAuthentications publickey
IdentityFile /Users/adil/.ssh/username-Bitbucket
UseKeychain yes
AddKeysToAgent yes
Host github.com
User username
PreferredAuthentications publickey
IdentityFile /Users/adil/.ssh/username-GitHub
UseKeychain yes
AddKeysToAgent yes
After making this change, the "This is not a valid source path / URL" error went away and I was able to clone repositories from my Bitbucket and GitHub accounts without problem.
I removed and added my account again using the HTTPS rather than SSH URL.
I just connected to GIT from Eclipse Juno using EGit, and successfully cloned a certain remote repository. During the clone I entered my Github username and password, but chose not to save them.
Then I tried to "Fetch from Upstream". I got this error:
https://github.com/biunlp/nlp-lab.git: not authorized
I had no chance of entering my username and password...
This is strange since I connected to this repository in order to clone...
Update 2022: In what follows, always use:
a App password, not your account password (see blog post).
So create your app password.
a BitBucket Cloud, since BitBucket server will be discontinued in Feb. 2024.
A. To specify credentials individually for each remote
Open Git repositories view,
open "Remotes > origin > <your push url>"
click "Change Credentials..."
(From User Guide - Resource Context Menu)
B. To specify credentials per server
If you want to access multiple repositories on the same server without providing the same credentials multiple times, you may use .netrc. With this, eGit will use the configuration you provide.
Create a text file called .netrc (_netrc in Windows) in the user home directory.
Add content to the file in this form:
machine my.server1.com
login yourUserName
password yourPassword
machine my.server2.com
login yourUserName
password yourPassword
The Stash documentation contains more information about .netrc
Security issue The problem with using .netrc this way is that the password is visible in plain text. Refer to this answer in Stackoverflow to solve that problem.
More secure option (2022): EGit (from issue 441198) can be made (with an extension) to recognize a native Git credential helper, using a secure encrypted cache:
install a native Git
install the GCM (Git Credential Manager), which is cross-platform, and already package with Git For Windows for instance.
instruct EGit to look for credentials in the GCM: gitflow-incremental-builder/gitflow-incremental-builder
register your password or token in said GCM
printf "Host=my.server1.com\nprotocol=https\nusername=yourUsername1\npassword=passwd1" | \
git credential-manager-core store
# and:
printf "Host=my.server1.com\nprotocol=https\nusername=yourUsername1\npassword=passwd1" | \
git credential-manager-core store
Look for executable git-credential-manager-core, and add its folder to your %PATH%/$PATH.
You can try:
eclipse/myeclipse > menu
window > preferences > general > security >
content > click "delete" > ok
If you're using Two Factor Authentication on GitHub, the "not authorized" error can be returned even if you are using the correct username and password. This can be resolved by generating a personal access token.
After generating the secure access token, we'll use this instead of a password. Make sure not to leave the page before you're done, because once you leave the page, you'll never see it again (thankfully it can be regenerated, but anything using the previously generated token will cease to authenticate).
This assumes that you've successfully installed EGit and that you've successfully cloned a repository.
Go to your GitHub.com settings, and in the left hand pane click Personal access tokens.
Click Generate new token. Select the scopes that you'd like this token to be able to use, and generate it.
Copy the token. It should look something like this: 9731f5cf519e9abb53e6ba9f5134075438944888 (don't worry, this is invalid).
Back in Eclipse (Juno, since that's OP's version), click Window > Show View > Other.... Under Git, select Git Repositories.
A new pane appears, from which you can open (repository name) > Remotes > origin.
Right click on a node and choose Change Credentials.... Enter your username for User, and your secure access token for the Password.
I had a similar problem when I changed my password on the remote repository.
Here is how I fixed it on Eclipse on Mac:
Important Note: These instructions have the side effect of clearing all passwords and other secure information. I was fine with that, but you will want to consider that before you follow these instructions.
Click Eclipse -> Preferences on menu.
Expect a popup window called Preferences.
Expand the "General" tree item.
Double click the "Security" tree item.
Expect the main pane of the popup to change to "See 'Secure Storage' for..."
Click 'Secure Storage'.
Expect the main pane to change to tabbed window.
Click the "Contents" tab.
Click "Delete".
Accept a warning that all your secure information is deleted.
Click "Cancel" or "Apply" to exit the popup window.
Click the 'Git Pull' icon and expect to be prompted for username and password.
This worked for me:
Go to Git profile-> Settings -> developer settings-> personal access tokens
delete if any existing token and generate a new token [provide note, specify no.of days and repo checked] ->Copy the new token generated
Goto eclipse and now when the same login prompt appears, try providing the personal token generated as password instead of Git password.
Bitbucket Cloud recently stopped supporting account passwords for Git authentication. From march 2022.
So use app password. Please read more information on below links.
Bitbuckect Announcement
Bitbuckect blog
App password
I know the Git integration is Netbeans 7.0 is new and under development, but has anyone had success on pushing/pulling to GitHub?
When I click Git->Push the remote repository url shows up correctly under Step 1. Configured Repository.
But is just stays stuck on " Connecting to repository". It also pops up a box saying "Specify Git repository location" with the exact same url , clicking OK does nothing.
If instead I choose "Specify Git Repository Location" I eventually get an error, "Cannot connect to the remote repository at git#github.com:username/..."
ps. I am aware of the other similar stack questions but they are confusing, one person mentions that he was able to do this, while others mention is not yet possible to use a remote Git connection.
I have had the same issue.
And now it works fine for me.
I have done this:
1 With CLI ( Terminal for me) Define your remote repo :
cd yourlocalfolder
git remote add origin git#github.com:username/repo.git
2 Open Netbeans (7.1 for me)
Go to Team > Git > Remote > Push
3 You should see your remote repo preselected
4 in Private /public key browse to your rsa file
usr/username/ssh/id_rsa
5 Click on Next
6 Done
You need check 'Specify Git Repository Location:'
'Repository URL:' https://github.com/<your username>/<yourGitFile>.git
'User:' <your username>
But is just stays stuck on " Connecting to repository". It also pops up a box saying "Specify Git repository location" with the exact same url , clicking OK does nothing.
I faced the exact same issue and after I did some research I found that the problem was with the password.
GitHub isn’t accepting passwords for Git operations anymore.
So instead of using a password, Github suggests using Personal Access Token.
Go to your Github account settings.
Go to Developer settings in the sidebar.
Go to Personal access tokens.
Generate new token.
Make sure to check repo scope checkbox to access your repositories.
After you get your access token you can copy it and past it in the password field in the "Specify Git repository location" window and try to push your project.
I followed the steps from Egit user guide, but I get an error message with auth fail.
What I do:
I have copied the public key from Window > Preferences > Network Connections > SSH2 > Key Management to GitHub under account settings
Then I do
Team > Push...
I enter the git#github.com:.... uri and click next. But then I get the error:
**Cannot get remote repository refs
Reason: git#github.com:.... : Auth fail**
What could be the problem?
Thanks
Old question, but for future reference:
Make sure you did setup a push remote. It worked for me when I got both the Cannot get remote repository refs-problems ("... Passphrase for..." and "Auth fail" in the "Push..." dialog).
Provided that you already:
Setup your SSH keys with Github (Window > Preferences > General > Network Connections > SSH2)
Setup your local repository (you can follow this guide for that)
Created a Github repository (same guide)
... here's how you do it:
Go to the Git Repositories view (Window > Show View > Other > Git Repositories)
Expand your Repository and right click Remotes --> "Create Remote"
"Remote Name": origin, "Configure push": checked --> click "OK"
Click the "Change..." button
Paste your git URI and select protocol ssh --> click "Finish"
Now, click "Save and Push" and NOW you should get a password prompt --> enter the public key passphrase here (provided that you DID (and you should) setup a passphrase to your public key) --> click "OK"
Now you should get a confirmation window saying "Pushed to YourRepository - origin" --> click "OK"
Push to upstream, but this time use "Configured remote repository" as your Destination Git repository
Go get yourself a well earned cup of coffee!
Check my solution from this related question:
"Auth Failed" error with EGit and GitHub
Briefly: set GIT_SSH environment variable with a path to the system ssh executable before launching Eclipse. Far from nice but works.
For Ubuntu:
> export GIT_SSH=/usr/bin/ssh
> eclipse
I finally fixed this on my platform (mainly was a key issue but also critical not to have a leading slash before the repo path in the dialog pictured above). You can see more details in my post here, if you like:
http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php?t=msg&goto=648905&S=9bcfa96ab726d744d41a19c7fb02d723#msg_648905
Good luck!
Melissa
DO not forget to add .git to the repository name in the URI : field
for example if ur username is Decoderx and git repository name is foo
URI :https://github.com/Decoderx/foo.git
and not "https://github.com/Decoderx/foo" this solved this problem for me.
You can try and follow this tutorial, using the git+ssh protocol:
git+ssh://git#github.com/path_to/repo.git.github
Just git#github.com alone wouldn't work.
http://wiki.eclipse.org/EGit/User_Guide#Github_Tutorial