Could not clone repos from bitbucket using source tree

[Naresh Babu Garlapati]

Hello ,

I am trying to clone repos from bitbucket from sourctree, it's always ending up with below error. I and my team have tried in so many ways, but it didn't resolved. it's only happening for my account.

Command: git -c diff.mnemonicprefix=false -c core.quotepath=false --no-optional-locks ls-remote https://NareshGarlapati@bitbucket.org/sc0p3Cr33p/factoryweb2.git
Output:
Error: remote: Invalid username or password
fatal: Authentication failed for 'https://bitbucket.org/sc0p3Cr33p/factoryweb2.git/'

[Constantin Cioaca]

same here

[Tadeáš Chromý]

Same

[Dušan Veselinović]

Same issues.

[Ragush]

Problem remains for me

[Ragush]

Hi Naresh,

It seems to me the HTTP authentication is not working?

I found a solution for myself - Setup SSH and use that alternatively.

The instructions aren't great but here is a starter

Set up an SSH key | Bitbucket Cloud | Atlassian Support

1. Download and install putty to mange the authentication

2. use sourcetree to create a public key (cut and paste that into your bitbucket acct online)

3. From the same code (same window) generate your public key (this will be the local side of your authentication)

4. Set your sourcetree authentication to have SSH

see the instruction for more details but they may be more confusing

Hope this helps others!