git error: cannot handle https

Question

when I tried to use git clone https://xxx I got the following error
I don't handle protocol 'https'
Could anyone please help me?

full message:

dementrock@dementrock-A8Se:~$ git clone https://git.innostaa.com/innostaa.git

Cloning into innostaa...

fatal: Unable to find remote helper for 'https'

dementrock@dementrock-A8Se:~$ git --version

git version 1.7.4

Solution 1

Version 0.99.9i of git probably does not support https protocol.

Try to install a more recent version of git. The easiest solution would be to install it via apt-get:

$ apt-get update
$ apt-get install git

After that check that the correct version is used:

$ hash -r
$ which git
/usr/bin/git

If the returned string is not /usr/bin/git, then you have another older version of git in your PATH that is masking the more recent one. Remove it.

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If you do not want to install git via apt-get or if you do not have administrator privilege on your machine, you can built it from source. You can download them from git website, and compilation should be as simple as:

$ tar -xvfj git-1.7.4.2.tar.bz2
$ cd git-1.7.4.2
$ ./configure --prefix=$HOME/install
$ make && make install

After that, you'll have to add $HOME/install/bin to your PATH.

$ hash -r
$ PATH="$HOME/install/bin:${PATH}"
$ git --version
git version 1.7.4.2

Solution 2

Fixed this problem for Git 1.7.9 on Windows. Seemed to happen with many GIT instantiations on Windows. Had to do with the url not being properly escaped in the command line.

Solution: Put the git repository URL in single quotes 'https://.......'

Solution 3

I have same problem but the reason was in my configuration of my .git. I changed config file as follows:

.git/config

enter code here[remote "heroku"]
        url = [email protected]:rocky-bayou-4315.git
        fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/heroku/*

rocky-bayou-4315 is my heroku application that has been created by $ heroku create command.

Comments

[Dave G]

which version of ubuntu are you running? which version of git?

[Sylvain Defresne]

Could you paste your error message ? And output of git --version ?

[Lars Noschinski]

Version 0.99.9i is really old (2005 or so); it probably does not support https yet. You should consider upgrading to 1.7.something

[Nubzor]

same issue with git version 1.7.6 ... any solutions? I guess the upgrade to newer version did not help.

[dementrock]

Thanks, I have edited the PATH to update my git but the problem's still there; now the version is 1.7.4 and I got the error fatal: Unable to find remote helper for 'https'

[Cascabel]

@dementrock: You didn't by any chance build git with one prefix, make install it there, then move it somewhere else, did you?

[dementrock]

@Jefromi I guess you are right. Seems that it works now. Thanks

[Nubzor]

same issue with git version 1.7.6 ... were you able to clone via https? Above you show git version not successful clone via https ....

[Nur Amsyari]

This also fixed it for me with Git 1.7.1 on linux.

[ksclarke]

Also, fixed it for me but I had to use double quotes. I was using from within Cygwin.

[astrojuanlu]

Double quotes worked for me with git version 2.6.4.windows.1

[DSoldo]

Also for me with Windows 7 and Git 2.10.1.windows.1 only double quotes worked!

[altroware]

worked for me with Cygwin, also had to amend the url in .git/config.