Cloning a private Repo hangs for new 2.32.0.windows.1 version of git

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Question:

Why does git-bash hang when cloning a non-public repo when installed with defaults?

Context:

I ran into this issue when trying to clone a private GitHub repo on my co-workers Windows 10 machine.

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Installed the newest version of git bash for Windows (for at the time of writing this post for me was 2.32.0.windows.1). Choosing all of the defaults.
  2. Run git clone [http-link-to-private-repo]

Screenshot of hanging git clone command

Expected:

  1. A popup to enter username and password information.

My Hack Solution:

  1. When installing 2.32.0. for windows check the "Enable experimental support for pseudo consoles.".

Screenshot of hack option selection

This allows the bash console to present you an option to authenticate via a web browser or a personal access token.

Screenshot of work-around

Unrelated Note:

I originally was looking to post this on the Github Issues page for Git but they don't have one so here I am. Not sure if this is the appropriate place to post this but I wanted it somewhere so another person doesn't run into the same trouble.

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2 Answers

Many thanks this was the solution after everything else failed including setting up a new installation, a new access token, and trying to find faulty config files.

After updating my personal access token this behavior also occurred with git 2.28.0.

So i did an update to the newest git version and afterwards the above mentioned steps.

(Sorry, i can not make any comments directly.)

user_9023530

I also ran into this problem setting up my dev environment for a new work laptop... Thankfully I had an older Windows GitBash installer (2.31.1) so I ended up downgrading to the older version. Worked like a charm, for me but understand it may not be an option for everyone.

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