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Ruby

Trying to git push -u origin master wont take password

Hi everyone, I'm using windows cmd and I'm trying to git push -u origin master to load my files in github. when it asks for my user name it takes it but when I try and put in password my keystrokes wont work and to get out of it I have to hit enter and then says fatal authentication failed because I cant put my password in anybody ever have this problem.

thanks for the help

2 Answers

cmd doesnt show typed password, just type in your password and hit enter

Really I thought I would see some dots or something instead of just a blinking cursor just tried it and it worked feel like an idiot.

thanks for the help

I did the same thing hehe :)

Yeah it's weird to see nothing while typing never learned command prompt but cool i was puzzled for a minute at least i'm not the only one LOL

Thanks again for your help