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Aaron Grenier
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Fixing the error: fatal: could not read username for ‘https://github.com’: terminal prompts disabled

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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
could not read username
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  1. Best Answer
    Expert

    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."[email protected]:".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.

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  2. 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."[email protected]:".insteadOf "https://github.com/"

    Gitlab: 

    git config --global --add url."[email protected]:".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 "[email protected]:"]
 insteadOf = https://github.com/
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