Sourcetree/Git Invalid credentials

Stephen Butler_kl4gjq

My Bitbucket account is tied to my corporate google account, I can easily log into Bitbucket & sourcetree. When I start sourcetree it goes through the authentication and loads the list of my repositories. However, I am unable to clone a repository with sourcetree->Git or when using Git independently. The result is the same, "Error: remote: Invalid credentials
fatal: Authentication failed" I find this odd as the password and username are what I used to access bitbucket in the first place. I have looked at API/App passwords, reset my password on bitbucket, delete the password file, and updated Git with no luck. If anyone has seen this before and knows where I am going wrong I would appreciate any insight.  

Patrik S

Hey @Stephen Butler and welcome to the Community!

From the error message you are receiving, I suspect you might be using the wrong credentials for authentication. In Bitbucket Cloud, to authenticate Git operations over HTTPS, you will need to provide the following credentials : 

• Username : your Bitbucket account username (not email address). You can find the username of your Bitbucket account by navigating to Personal Bitbucket Settings and looking for the field username. You will also be able to change the username from that page if needed.
• App Password :  a user-based access token. This is different from the account password you use to log in on Bitbucket website. An app password can be created following the instructions of Create an App Password | Bitbucket Cloud  documentation.

After confirming your username and creating an app password, you can use the below command in your system's terminal to clone the repository : 

git clone https://USERNAME:APP_PASSWORD@bitbucket.org/WORKSPACE/REPOSITORY.git

Replacing USERNAME and APP_PASSWORD with their corresponding values.

Hope that helps! Let me know in case you have any questions.

Thank you, @Stephen Butler !

Patrik S