Fixing the error: fatal: could not read username for 'https://github.com': terminal prompts disabled

Question

I get the error message:

# Now on laptop, which doesn't yet know about the repo
 $ cd $GOPATH
 $ go get github.com/examplesite/myprivaterepo
 # At this point it should ask for my user ID and password ,right? But it doesn't.
 # Instead, this error occurs:
 cd .; git clone https://github.com/examplesite/myprivaterepo /Users/tom/go/src/github.com/examplesite/myprivaterepo
 Cloning into '/Users/tom/go/src/github.com/examplesite/myprivaterepo'...
 fatal: could not read Username for 'https://github.com': terminal prompts disabled
 package github.com/examplesite/myprivaterepo: exit status 128

Has anyone ever faced this problem? How to troubleshoot the “ fatal: could not read username for 'https://github.com': terminal p rompts disabled”. But the problem is appearing when I try to operate the following program

$ cd $GOPATH
 $ go get github.com/examplesite/myprivaterepo

$ vim scheduler.go
 $ git add scheduler.go
 $ git commit
 $ git push

lyytutoria · Accepted Answer

The cause: This error happens because your git is still configured with https but it has to use ssh instead of using https Solution: To solve this problem, you need to enable prompts or configure git to use ssh instead of using https. It is very easy by doing the following:

git config --global --add url."git@github.com:".insteadOf "https://github.com/"

If in your machine you have already used ssh with git , you also can edit ~/.gitconfig and add the following line at the bottom.

Mia Grenier · Answer

This was extremely helpful and solved my problem. This command will enable your 2FA (and save you from entering your username/password) to do its job.

Github:

git config --global --add url."git@github.com:".insteadOf "https://github.com/"

Gitlab:

git config --global --add url."git@gitlab.com:".insteadOf "https://gitlab.com/"

Source: http://albertech.blogspot.com/2016/11/fix-git-error-could-not-read-username.html

You can still use SSH if you don't have 2FA.

The .gitconfig result will look like this:

[url "git@github.com:"]
 insteadOf = https://github.com/

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