[git] How can I clone a private GitLab repository?

When I do this:

git clone https://example.com/root/test.git

I am getting this error:

fatal: HTTP request failed

When I use SSH:

git clone username [email protected]:root/test.git

I am getting this error:

Initialized empty Git repository in /server/user/[email protected]:root/test.git/.git/
fatal: 'user' does not appear to be a git repository
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

It's a private repository, and I have added my SSH keys.

This question is related to git github gitlab

The answer is

If you're trying this with GitHub, you can do this with your SSH entered:

git clone https://[email protected]/username/repository

You might need a ~/.ssh/config:

Host gitlab.YOURDOMAIN.DOMAIN
    Port 1111
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa

and then you can use git clone git@DOMAINandREPOSITORY. This means you always use the user git.

Before doing

git clone https://example.com/root/test.git

make sure that you have added ssh key in your system. Follow this : https://gitlab.com/profile/keys .

Once added run the above command. It will prompt for your gitlab username and password and on authentication, it will be cloned.

It looks like there's not a straightforward solution for HTTPS-based cloning regarding GitLab. Therefore if you want a SSH-based cloning, you should take account these three forthcoming steps:

Create properly an SSH key using your email used to sign up. I would use the default filename to key for Windows. Don't forget to introduce a password!

$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "[email protected]" -b 4096

Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key ($PWD/.ssh/id_rsa): [\n]
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):[your password]
Enter same passphrase again: [your password]
Your identification has been saved in $PWD/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in $PWD/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.

Copy and paste all content from the recently id_rsa.pub generated into Setting>SSH keys>Key from your GitLab profile.

Get locally connected:

$ ssh -i $PWD/.ssh/id_rsa [email protected]

Enter passphrase for key "$PWD/.ssh/id_rsa": [your password]
PTY allocation request failed on channel 0
Welcome to GitLab, you!
Connection to gitlab.com closed.

Finally, clone any private or internal GitLab repository!

$ git clone https://git.metabarcoding.org/obitools/ROBIBarcodes.git

Cloning into 'ROBIBarcodes'...
remote: Counting objects: 69, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (65/65), done.
remote: Total 69 (delta 14), reused 0 (delta 0)
Unpacking objects: 100% (69/69), done.

If you are using Windows,