go get results in terminal prompts disabled error for github private repo

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I created the private repo examplesite myprivaterepo using the Github UI from my browser   Then I went to my go directory  on the desktop  and cloned it     cd  GOPATH   go get github com examplesite myprivaterepo   So far so good  Created the file scheduler go  added to repo  and pushed     vim scheduler go   git add scheduler go   git commit   git push   Everythng s OK  But when I went to a clean laptop  and tried to clone the repo  I got an error     Now on laptop  which doesn t yet know about the repo   cd  GOPATH   go get github com examplesite myprivaterepo   At this point it should ask for my user ID and password  right  But it doesn t    Instead  this error occurs  cd    git clone https   github com examplesite myprivaterepo  Users tom go src github com examplesite myprivaterepo Cloning into   Users tom go src github com examplesite myprivaterepo     fatal  could not read Username for  https   github com   terminal prompts disabled package github com examplesite myprivaterepo  exit status 128   Why is my laptop hating on my own repo and how can I get it to accept its fate  Thanks

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1st -- go get will refuse to authenticate on the command line  So you need to cache the credentials in git   Because I use osx I can use osxkeychain credential helper    2nd For me  I have 2FA enabled and thus could not use my password to auth  Instead I had to generate a personal access token to use in place of the password    setup osxkeychain credential helper https   help github com articles caching-your-github-password-in-git  If using TFA instead of using your password  generate a personal access token with repo scope https   github com settings tokens git clone a private repo just to make it cache the password     git clone https   github com user private repo   and used your github com username for username and the generated personal access token for password  Removed the just cloned repo and retest to ensure creds were cached -- git clone https   github com user private repo and this time wasnt asked for creds     go get will work with any repos that the personal access token can access   You may have to repeat the steps with other accounts   tokens as permissions vary

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It complains because it needs to use ssh instead of https but your git is still configured with https  so basically as others mentioned previously you need to either enable prompts or to configure git to use ssh instead of https  a simple way to do this by running the following    git config --global --add url  git github com   insteadOf  https   github com     or if you already use ssh with git in your machine  you can safely edit    gitconfig and add the following line at the very bottom  Note  This covers all SVC  source version control  that depends on what you exactly use  github  gitlab  bitbucket      Enforce SSH  url  ssh   git github com      insteadOf   https   github com   url  ssh   git gitlab com            insteadOf   https   gitlab com   url  ssh   git bitbucket org      insteadOf   https   bitbucket org     If you want to keep password pompts disabled  you need to cache password  For more information on how to cache your github password on mac  windows or linux  please visit this page   For more information on how to add ssh to your github account  please visit this page    Also  more importantly  if this is a private repository for a company or for your self  you may need to skip using proxy or checksum database for such repos to avoid exposing them publicly    To do this  you need to set GOPRIVATE environment variable that controls which modules the go command considers to be private  not available publicly  and should therefore NOT use the proxy or checksum database    The variable is a comma-separated list of patterns  same syntax of Go s path Match  of module path prefixes  For example   export GOPRIVATE   corp example com github com mycompany     Or  go env -w GOPRIVATE github com mycompany      For more information on how to solve private packages modules checksum validation issues  please read this article   For more information about go 13 modules and new enhancements  please check out Go 1 13 Modules Release notes    One last thing not to forget to mention  you can still configure go get to authenticate and fetch over https  all you need to do is to add the following line to  HOME  netrc   machine github com login USERNAME password APIKEY    For GitHub accounts  the password can be a personal access tokens  For more information on how to do this  please check Go FAQ page    I hope this helps the community and saves others  time to solve described issues quickly  please feel free to leave a comment in case you want more support or help

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I found this extremely helpful  and it solved my problem  This command will allow your 2FA to do its thing  and save you the trouble of entering your username and password    git config --global --add url  git github com   insteadOf  https   github com     Source  http   albertech blogspot com 2016 11 fix-git-error-could-not-read-username html  If you re not using 2FA  you can still use SSH and this will work   Edit  added the --add flag as suggested by slatunje

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From go 1 13 onwards  if you had already configured your terminal with the git credentials and yet facing this issue  then you could try setting the GOPRIVATE environment variable  Setting this environment variable solved this issue for me  export GOPRIVATE github com  organizationName userName of the package

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If you configure your gitconfig with this option  you will later have a problem cloning other repos of GitHub  git config --global --add url   Git github com   Instead   https   github com     Instead  I recommend that you use this option  echo  export GIT TERMINAL PROMPT 1   gt  gt     bashrc       zshrc   and do not forget to generate an access token from your private repository  When prompted to enter your password  just paste the access token  Happy clone

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I had the same problem on windows  error  failed to execute prompt script  exit code 1  fatal  could not read Username for  https   github com   No error  trying to login to github through the login dialog  When I canceled the dialog git asked me for login and password in the command line and it worked fine

User · Answer

go get disables the  terminal prompt  by default  This can be changed by setting an environment variable of git   env GIT TERMINAL PROMPT 1 go get github com examplesite myprivaterepo

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If you just want go get to work real fast  and move along with your work     Just export GIT TERMINAL PROMPT 1    export GIT TERMINAL PROMPT 1   go get  whatever    It will now prompt you for a user pass for the rest of your shell session  Put this in your  profile or setup git as above for a more permanent solution

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