Can't type password in Git Bash

git bitbucket git-bash
Ehud Grand picture Ehud Grand · Nov 15, 2012 · Viewed 20.8k times · Source

I have a strange problem I couldn't find anything about on the web.

I'm learning to use BitBucket and I'm following their walkthrough. I'm using Git Bash as the command prompt as they say here.

Whenever I need to enter a password, e.g when cloning a repo, it simply refuses to get any input! I type on the keyboard, but nothing is shown on the screen. The only key it does accept is Enter, and then it says authorization fails because there's no password. I can't type it.

The strange thing is that I can type all other commands, just not this one. Any ideas?

Answer

poke picture poke · Nov 15, 2012

You are typing the password, it just does not give you a visible reaction when entering characters (i.e. no * symbols). So just type your password correctly, press enter and it should work.

Related questions

How to remove a directory from git repository?

I have 2 directories on my GitHub repository. I'd like to delete one of them. How could I do that without deleting and re-creating entire repository?

Read More
Cannot push to Git repository on Bitbucket

I created a new repository and I'm running into a strange error. I've used Git before on Bitbucket but I just reformatted and now I can't seem to get Git to work. After doing a commit, I had to add …

Read More
Change Credentials for Push in Git

Just getting started with Git. I have an existing personal account on Bitbucket, and I have created a team account as well using my work email address. I created a repository, got it working, cloned it, etc. I then did …

Read More