Git clone on windows : git@github.com is not a git command

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I'm trying to clone a repository the ssh way from github and another form gitlab

I'm on windows EDIT : with Git v 2.29.2.2

I'm getting the following error, which I do not understand from what it is coming from :

$ git clone git@github.com:math-gallou/AI21_TPs.git
Cloning into 'AI21_TPs'...
git: 'git@github.com' is not a git command. See 'git --help'.
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

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

So I also tried :

$ git clone "ssh://git@github.com:math-gallou/AI21_TPs.git"

and

$ git clone ssh://git@github.com:math-gallou/AI21_TPs.git

But the same exact error comes out.

When I do the ssh -v git@github.com I can connect with success.

So what did I miss ?

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2 Answers

First, if you are trying the ssh:// syntax, then the URL would be:

git clone ssh://git@github.com/math-gallou/AI21_TPs.git
                            ^^^ /, not :

Second, check if you have a %USERPROFILE%\.ssh\config file with a github.com Host entry in it, whose content might be incorrect or mis-interpreted.

VonC_63090

In my case, I defined system environment variable GIT_SSH to use openssh I installed, and then git is broken and I got git: 'git@github.com' is not a git command. See 'git --help'..

After deleting system environment variable GIT_SSH everything works again.

Then I tried to define user environment variable GIT_SSH and restart system (I didn't restart system in previous try), somehow now my git works correctly with openssh I installed. I don't know which part is wrong in my previous try but I decide not to waste more time on this.

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