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general | March 07, 2026

Git clone using https is not working, but works with help of ssh

Git clone using https is not working on my mac machine, getting following error :

akshaybandivadekar@Akshays-MacBook-Pro codebase % git clone
Cloning into 'lodash'...
: Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

But using ssh it works

git clone :lodash/lodash.git

I have referred this document for ssh key setup:

1 Answer

This resolve my problem

git config --global url.":".insteadOf ""

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