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Neill dev
Courses Plus Student 23,163 PointsPushing to a remote GitHub repository, Git ERROR for Windows users. Found during Ruby track, build a social network.
FYI
Git Command - git push -u origin master
Error returned - fatal: could not read Username for 'https://github.com': No such file or directory
Or similar.
If you install using railsinstaller.org Windows installer app you get the latest Git version which is currently broken 1.8.5.2.
You can determine the version of your git by typing in GitBash:
git --version The broken version of Git is 1.8.5.2.msysgit.0.
This is a bug as per stackoverflow bug detail
If this version is installed, you will need to uninstall Git for Windows.
Navigate to Program Files/Git and run the uninstall script unins000.
Once this completes successfully, you can run the installer at:
You should now see:
git --version git version 1.8.4.msysgit.0
And be able to push to your remote repo.
Remember to remove the remote origin you have already applied to your repo
git remote rm origin
Then follow steps as you did before finding the error.
Hope that helps a few fellow windows hethans along the way, it was annoying me for a day or 2. I've now installed a linux partition aswell;-)
thx Neill