can't clone repo from bitbucket on Ubuntu

Question

I am trying to clone a repo from Bitbucket on Ubuntu and it fails with:

fatal: https://[email protected]/owner/repo.git/info/refs not valid: is this a git repository?

But if I execute the exact same command on my Mac it works fine.

The command I am using is:

git clone https://[email protected]/owner/repo.git

What could be the issue on Ubuntu?

Pls add more information on how you are doing the clone i.e the clone command you use . — Raghavan
– Raghavan, Commented Mar 14, 2016 at 5:07
Can you access other arbitrary external https sites from this computer? If a proxy or captive portal is redirecting your request, the query would obviously not be reaching a valid Git repo. — tripleee
– tripleee, Commented Mar 14, 2016 at 5:42
On the Mac git version 1.7.12.4 (Apple Git-37) On Ubuntu 1.9.1 — Larry Martell
– Larry Martell, Commented Mar 14, 2016 at 5:52

Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-20 09:12:55Z

6

Use the ssh protocol instead of http/https.

Using http/https you will have to type your password every time you have to "talk" to the server.

Using ssh will use the ssh keys and you will not have to type in username password every time.

git clone [email protected]:owner/repo.git

`Permission denied (publickey)`

You get this error since you don't have ssh keys on any of your platforms. Set the keys, add them to your account and you are all set to go.

`Create ssh keys`

# create the key pair.
ssh-keygen -t rsa

# echo the key (pub) to the screen and copy it to clipboard
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

`Add the keys to your bitbucket account`

Login to your Bitbucket account
Choose avatar > Settings from the application menu.
Choose SSH keys and paste the key you have copied from the first step

Note:

Repeat this step on each machine you need to connect to your account or copy the same keys to all your machines. Both ways will work.

edited Jun 20, 2020 at 9:12

CommunityBot

11 silver badge

answered Mar 14, 2016 at 7:29

CodeWizard

146k22 gold badges162 silver badges181 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

2 Comments

Larry Martell Over a year ago

We got it work with ssh. But I would like to know why it did not work with https.

CodeWizard Over a year ago

why http/http did not work? there can be several reasons: cached password, firewall, your server does not support http/https and more. what i'm trying to day that there can be several reasons and it can take a while to figure it out in the ping pong comments :-)

SachinSunny · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-14 05:40:28Z

0

I think the command would be either https

git clone https://bitbucket.org/owner/repo.git

or ssh

git clone [email protected]:owner/repo.git

answered Mar 14, 2016 at 5:40

SachinSunny

1,8691 gold badge13 silver badges20 bronze badges

1 Comment

Larry Martell Over a year ago

The https clone fails with or without the user name on the command line on Ubuntu and works in both cases on the Mac. And the ssh clone fails on both platforms with `Permission denied (publickey).

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

can't clone repo from bitbucket on Ubuntu

2 Answers 2

`Permission denied (publickey)`

`Create ssh keys`

`Add the keys to your bitbucket account`

Note:

2 Comments

1 Comment

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

2 Answers 2

Permission denied (publickey)

Create ssh keys

Add the keys to your bitbucket account

Note:

2 Comments

1 Comment

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related

`Permission denied (publickey)`

`Create ssh keys`

`Add the keys to your bitbucket account`