Specific issue with git cloning through ssh

Question

I'm trying to npm install a private package from my companies git repository.

I have access to this repository and can successfully clone the repository using

git clone [email protected]:Company/path-to-repo.git

when I run npm install, it tries to use

git clone ssh://[email protected]:Company/path-to-repo.git

which is when I get this error back:

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

I also get the same error if I manually type git clone ssh://[email protected]:Company/path-to-repo.git in my terminal.

Also, I have succesfully set up ssh keys for my github account and this machine, running ssh -T [email protected] returns successful.

larsks · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-24 02:24:59Z

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This is an explanation for why the clone isn't working, but because I don't know npm this does not include a suggestion for for fixing it.

The : after the user@host component makes this an invalid URL:

git clone ssh://[email protected]:Company/path-to-repo.git

Like any other URL, the format of the network location is [user@]host[:port], and :Company looks nothing like a valid port specification.

For that to work, it needs to be:

git clone ssh://[email protected]/Company/path-to-repo.git

answered Feb 24, 2015 at 2:24

larsks

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