"fatal: Authentication failed" with git-credential-manager
I'm using Azure DevOps for the first time to host my next project. When I created an empty project on Azure Devops, I tried to clone it. While attempting to clone, it asked me for my password. I entered it and it says I have a wrong password but I know I'm typing my password correctly.
I then installed git-credential-manager for max/linux onto my mac. I tried to do a git pull from the remote origin, but it just prompted for a password like the first time and failed.
I also tried to use the "Create git credentials" feature on Azure Devops, in which I can specify a new password. That failed as well with the same error.
I submitted a GitHub issue on their repository here. Is there no way for me to clone my project? The url for my repository is in the form of https://[email protected]/....
Update: I tried this on my Windows machine and it gave me a popup to login and it worked fine.
Answer
Make sure your git credential helper is declared to your local Git:
git config credential.helper
If the output is empty, type:
git config --global credential.helper manager-core
Then try again.
However, the OP AskYous correctly pinpoint another issue in the comment:
Can I tell it what my username is?
I think my username is my email address, because I use my organization account to sign in.
In that case, the URL would be:
https://me%[email protected]/yousefshanawany/<repo-name>/
Note the @ of the email must be percent-encoded.
Note that using a PAT (Personal Access Token) is an alternative mentioned by the OP, and mandatory if you have 2FA activated.
Update June 2019: This question was referenced in microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-for-Mac-and-Linux issue 104, which just got closed with a comment from John Briggs from Microsoft:
I'd recommend trying GCM Core's macOS preview release
Maksym Pecheniuk points out in the comments:
solution for IntelliJ Idea: "Git IntelliJ "Authentication Failed”"