How to clone a repo from BitBucket into PyCharm

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I have PyCharm 2021.3.3 installed and I've got an account on BitBucket.

I'm aware BitBucket recommends using "App Passwords" and I've been able to successfully utilise this when using command line Git yesterday. I've set another password up specifically for PyCharm, but neither that, nor my standard login password are working.

The process I'm following:

  • Open PyCharm, click Get from VCS.
  • Paste the repo URI into the URL box.
  • Click Clone. I am prompted with an Atlassian branded login box asking for my email and password. I enter them.
  • I am then taken back to PyCharm where it asks a second time for the same information. I enter it again.

No combination of using my regular password, nor the app password in either box is working.

Can someone please help me to understand what's going wrong with this?

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2 Answers

Adding the 'git clone' command to the URL allowed this to work. You can't just paste the HTTPS address.

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The main issue here is the fact, that since March 1, 2022, Bitbucket Cloud users will no longer be able to use their account passwords when using Basic authentication for Git over HTTPS. The link to the announcement is here: https://bitbucket.org/blog/deprecating-atlassian-account-password-for-bitbucket-api-and-git-activity#:~:text=Starting%20Sep%2013%2C%202021%2C%20new,to%20use%20Bitbucket%20app%20passwords.

To be able to clone the Bibucket repo in PyCharm, new app password must be created.

The instructions for the app password creation are provided here: https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/create-an-app-password/

After the creation of app password, go to your Bitbucket repo, press the Clone button and copy the text (it starts with 'git clone' and includes the username plus the repo url). Paste the text in the PyCharm dialog box that has popped up after pressing 'Get from VCS' button.

Then the PyCharm dialog box pops up with the user name prepopulated. Enter the new app password. The repo will be cloned in PyCharm as usual.

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