Git suddenly stopped working
On the terminal in Ubuntu Server 16.04.2 LTS I wanted to pull a git repository (which I was working on the last hours). I used
git fetch && git pullas all the times before.
The first (fetch) actually worked but the second (pull) failed though I provide exactly the same credentials.
Username for ' XXXXXXXXX
Password for '
remote: Counting objects: 15, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (6/6), done.
remote: Total 15 (delta 9), reused 15 (delta 9), pack-reused 0
Unpacking objects: 100% (15/15), done.
From 55e79f9..4fd7878 master -> origin/master
Username for ' XXXXXXXXX
Password for '
remote: Invalid username or password.
fatal: Authentication failed for 'Because I used this procedure multible times the last few hours I wanted to check again if I had maybe a typo in the pull procedure. But now I get this error already on the first command though there is no doubt I provide the correct credentials
$ git fetch Username for ' XXXXXXXXX Password for ' remote: Invalid username or password. fatal: Authentication failed for 'What can I do to fix this and repair my git behavior on this machine?
NOTES:
The repository is for Chef on the Chef-Workstation so removing the folder and clone again is not an option for me or at least the very last because a lot of stuff is excluded via
.gitignoreand I don't know if e.g. any links could brake.I don't use Two-Factor Authentication.
I didn't change anything especially not inbetween the two commands.
I still can login to Gihub on the webpage using my credentials.
I can fetch/pull from other machines.
I've read about this here and also here (though I don't use SSH but password authentification) but nothing helped so far.
Here the ouput of git remote -v
origin (fetch)
origin (push)1 Answer
Ok, I still don't understand what happened but I solved this now:
In Sourcetree on Windows it still worked. Just for trying I edited my profile and tried to reset the password => Worked before but now it sayd authentication error
So I went to the Github webpage, logged into my account (still using this same credentials ?!) and changed my password ... and than I changed it back again.
Now everything works fine.
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