git fatal I don t handle protocol http

Question

I copy and pasted an git clone command from a web page  https   fedorahosted org ibus-typing-booster   I got this   user host gt  git clone   http   git fedorahosted org git ibus-typing-booster git  Cloning into  ibus-typing-booster     fatal  I don t handle protocol    http

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Well looks like if you copy paste the repository link you end up with this issue.

What I have noticed it this

If you use the copy button on GitHub and then paste the URL in GitBash(Windows) it throws this error
If you select the link and then paste then it works, or you could also just type the URL that works as well.

So I think it might be an issue with the GitHub copy button

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Mostly it is due to some invisible unicode characters which can come if you hit  Ctrl V  or  Ctrl Shift V  in the terminal  Don t copy and paste the whole command  Instead   type git clone and then copy and paste the url using Right Click   Paste

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The solution is very simple   1- Copy your git path  forexample   http   github com yourname my-git-project git  2- Open notepad and Paste it  Then copy the path from notepad   3- paste the path to command line   thats it

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Summary  Type the url instead of copy pasting it in the commandline  It worked for me

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In Android Studio      I removed git clone and just retain the url only and it worked

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Use backspace to delete whatever there is between git clone and the url and then use spacebar to add a clean space between them  Simple as that

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Please do not copy from the clipboard   Just copy the url from your browser s location   Address bar

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This just happened to us without any whitespace issues  and changing https  to http  fixed it

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I copied and pasted the whole line git clone http         The character between git clone and http       looks like a space  but it is a special Unicode character   Short answer  After removing this character  and entering a real space  it worked   For people who love details  I see two ways to reveal ascii vs special-unicode-characters  Way1  Python  Here is the real line   vi t txt   copy paste the line python open  t txt   read   git clone  xe2 x80 x8b xe2 x80 x8bhttp         Way2  less  vi t txt   copy paste the line LESSCHARSET ascii less vi txt   If it looks like git clone  lt E2 gt  lt 80 gt  lt 8B gt  lt E2 gt  lt 80 gt  lt 8B gt http     then you copy pasted special-unicode-characters

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Please Check URL you have pasted and It takes additional h after clone   So either you have paste full git clone http    lt URL gt  git or just remove additional letter before git repository URL

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I simply added 5  SPACE s between clone and the url     git clone      https    lt PATH gt   lt TO gt   lt GIT REPO gt  git   and it works

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clonning below     git clone https   github com zendframework ZendSkeletonApplication git   gives error    Cloning into  ZendSkeletonApplication     fatal  I don t handle protocol  https    Modified it to   git clone https   github com zendframework ZendSkeletonApplication   works perfectly or you can just git clone the url  I am using os windows 10 and gitbash

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if you are using windows use  url  speech marks to open and close your url eg git clone  your-url-here

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Related answer with this question   Error -   fatal  I don t handle protocol  git clone https   I was trying to clone git project to my newly installed VScode in my Linux system  i was copied the entire url from bit bucket  which was like      git clone https   abc bitbucket org abcuser myproject git    But actually it running command like      git clone git clone https   abc bitbucket org abcuser myproject git   in the bit bucket   So Simply do the following steps    1  Enter Ctr p  this will open command box  Enter and open  Clone  2  Now only paste the url of your git reposiratory here  eg  https   abc bitbucket org abcuser myproject git 3  After that box for enter your git password will appear on screen  Enter your git password here  4  Done

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in visual studio code option git clone i tried every thing e g putting 5 backspace  deleting the special Unicode character  and putting space nothing works for me   solution works for me   simply open git bash and paste the whole git clone url and done   it seems there is some issue with visual studio code

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The same issue happened with me when I have just copied the url into the clipboard and then pasted it into the terminal  Rewriting whole the line without copy-past option resolved my issue

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You can also use a text editor    Paste the URL in the text editor Copy the URL that was just pasted from the text editor Paste it in the command line

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If you are using Git Extensions GUI or GitHub Desktop  means if you re using any UI software and not command-line tool  to clone the repo then you have to copy and paste only the URL i e  https       So there is no need to have git clone before URL as That Software will do it itself

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I used double quotes for the URL and it worked  So something like   git clone    http   git fedorahosted org git ibus-typing-booster git    works   single quotes dont help  It has to be double quotes

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My solution    Type  git clone   Copy the repository url and paste it after of git clone   Move the cursor to position between git clone and https         Delete space if it had between git clone and https       until have git clonehttps       Re-add the space and press Enter

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