Issue
I came across a weird issue while cloning a git repository using ssh. I have the ssh setup:
ssh -T [email protected]
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I am using the right clone url and have access to the repo I want to clone. But getting error:
➤ git clone [email protected]:<some-org>/<repo>.git
Cloning into 'project'...
Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.
There is no other message to debug what is wrong with my ssh setup or git configuration.
Solution
I found out there was an entry in my .gitconfig which was replacing ssh with https.
[url "https"]
insteadOf = git
I might have accidentally added this entry while using some tool. So the clone command was actually using the url [email protected]:<some-org>/<repo>.git
After removing the above entry from .gitconfig the problem was resolved.
Answered By - Yusufali2205 Answer Checked By - Dawn Plyler (WPSolving Volunteer)