Git clone on windows : [email protected] is not a git command

Question

I'm trying to clone a repository the ssh way from github and another form gitlab

I'm on windows EDIT : with Git v 2.29.2.2

I'm getting the following error, which I do not understand from what it is coming from :

$ git clone [email protected]:math-gallou/AI21_TPs.git
Cloning into 'AI21_TPs'...
git: '[email protected]' is not a git command. See 'git --help'.
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

So I also tried :

$ git clone "ssh://[email protected]:math-gallou/AI21_TPs.git"

and

$ git clone ssh://[email protected]:math-gallou/AI21_TPs.git

But the same exact error comes out.

When I do the ssh -v [email protected] I can connect with success.

So what did I miss ?

Answer 1

First, if you are trying the ssh:// syntax, then the URL would be:

git clone ssh://[email protected]/math-gallou/AI21_TPs.git
                            ^^^ /, not :

Second, check if you have a %USERPROFILE%\.ssh\config file with a github.com Host entry in it, whose content might be incorrect or mis-interpreted.