"The server committed a protocol violation" logging into bitbucket from SourceTree

Question

Trying to Browse Hosted Projects from the Clone/Add/Create Repositor. I click the little globe icon and get:

Login Error

Login failed for your Bitbucket account.

The remote service said: 'The server committed a protocol violation. Section=ResponseStatusLine'

I got to this point because when trying to use the Clone string from the Bitbucket website I was getting an error that my repository was not a valid source path, but details showed "Recv failure" Connection was reset"

That led me to check another existing repository in Source Tree and I can't pull from that any more either.

So I feel like the root of my error is that I can't log in from SourceTree. I can log in through a browser with no trouble

psmithateh · Answer

My embedded version is 1.8.3 but if I try to update it I get the same protocol violation error. My system version is 2.8.1.

Maybe I need to re-installed SourceTree or test on a 2nd machine.

I finally got everything working from the command line using SSH keys instead of a password but still can't get SourceTree to play nice.

Mikael Sandberg · Answer

What version of Git are you using on your client? I have seen the issue with the Clone URL string you get from Bitbucket have extra characters in SourceTree if you are using an old version of Git.