Bitbucket, Windows and "fatal: could not read Password for" - windows

Question

I recently reinstalled Windows and I have a problem with downloading files from repository.
I have installed GIT and Python, but when I am trying to download anything from Bitbucket I get the message:
"fatal: could not read Password for: 'https://username#bitbucket.org': No such file or directory".
What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

I solved it setting a global parameter:
git config --global core.askpass /usr/libexec/git-core/git-gui--askpass

Answer 2

Try to include your username and password in the URL like this:
git clone https://username:password#bitbucket.org/path_to/myRepo.git

Answer 3

I had the same problem an hour or so ago. My issue was that I was trying to do a git clone but using the https url instead of the ssh one. If you go to your repository you can select ssh or https from the dropdown for the clone url. Hope that helps!

Answer 4

Just solved this Problem
Git in Version 1.8.5.2 contains a but using bitbucket, updating my Git to Version 1.9.0 solved this problem.

Answer 5

I just tried to do the same thing and it did not work for me, and I too recently reinstalled windows on my machine.
I am used to checking out a private repo from my bitbucket account by using the simple command
git clone https://username#bitbucket.org/username/repo.git
and then being prompted to enter a password for my user.
It looks like this might be broken in version 1.8.5.2. I downgraded to version 1.8.4 and it started working as expected.
Git download list: http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/downloads/list
Hope this helps!

Answer 6

For https connections try installing the "Git Credential Store" (an "optional" step in the BitBucket tutorial).
This is how to install it:
Download git-credential-winstore.exe from http://gitcredentialstore.codeplex.com/
Open the Git Bash Shell and change the current directory to where git-credential-winstore.exe is located
Run ./git-credential-winstore -i /bin/git

Answer 7

Try to use git fetch in order to reenter and update the outdated password.
I had the similar issue. The cached password become invalid due to updating the actual password to new one. But git didn't ask me for reentering the valid password and just gave me an error that Authentication failed while I was trying to pull changes.
But magically, git asked me for the actual password when I typed git fetch instead of pulling the data. Once I entered the new password, apparently git updated the old one in its credentials storage and no longer asked me about the entering password again.

Answer 8

FIX IT (09/2020)
All the the answers here are wrong... You shouldn't NEVER do something like that:
https://username:PASSWORD#Bitbucket.org
SOLUTION
All you have to do is:
Go to Sourcetree -> Preferences -> Git
You will have the section "Git Version" with 2 options: Reset to ebedded Git and Use System Git
Sourcetree use the Ebedded git for default.
Click on "Use System Git" and.... Fixed!
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Answer 9

In my case, the problem was with the global file .gitconfig on Windows.
When I tried to use solution provided by #jsarroyo in Git BASH, I got an error saying that the file .gitconfig.lock did not exist. I could find no way to fix it.
When I completely removed .gitconfig, everything worked fine.
WARNING: This way, you lose all your git settings and you need to configure it again.

Answer 10

In your project go to .git/config and add after username :password
before : https://username#bitbucket.org/repo.git
afetr : https://username:password#bitbucket.org/repo.git

Answer 11

I had the same problem with the Android Studio Chipmunk 2021.2.1 Patch 2 integrated version control. Additionally I have BitBucket and GitHub ssh keys setup on my Windows PC. I was able to fix the issue by setting checked Use credential helper in File | Settings | Version Control | Git

Answer 12

In my case, it was just a wrong password for bitbucket entered into the prompt dialog. When I entered the correct password, the error disappeared.

Answer 13

If you are using android studio you might want to try enabling "Use credential helper".
Steps:
Go to File -> Settings -> Version control -> Git
Find "Use credential helper" option (mostly at bottom)
Enable this option by marking the checkbox before the option

Answer 14

I got this issue when I upgraded from Windows 7 to 8 and settings messed up for me too. I had to regenerate private and public keys, and change my TortoiseGIT to use plink, instead of SSH.exe
I wrote step by step instructions at http://techblog.saurabhkumar.com/2015/09/using-tortoisegit-on-windows-with.html

Answer 15

For Bitbucket If you are ok for the repo to be public you can just uncheck the "This is a private repository" checkbox in repo settings. Now a simple git clone should work.