SourceTree on Windows is not prompting for password when connecting to git repository.

[Andrew Fillebrown]

I have several private repositories on my own server that I connect to from Windows machines with password authentication. Today, I cannot connect to them because SourceTree is not showing the Username/Password dialog anymore. I can connect when using the system git from the command line and when using the git bash that pops up when pressing the "Terminal" button in SourceTree, so I know everything is fine on my git server. I can also connect from OSX machines using SourceTree, but they use SSH authentication instead of password authentication.

I ran Askpass.exe separately and it shows the dialog correctly and returns the password, but it doesn't show when it should in SourceTree.

I downgraded SourceTree to 1.6.14 but it doesn't show the password dialog now, either.

I also tried setting up an SSH key with SourceTree's Putty, but that didn't work, either.

Any ideas?

[Libor Nenadál]

Have same issue on Win 7 & SourceTree 1.8.3. It does not ask for password and fails immediately with "FATAL ERROR: Server unexpectedly closed network connection". Git from command line works and asks for password. Removal of credentials did not help.

[Akul Bhatnagar]

The only thing that worked for me was navigating to C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Atlassian\SourceTree and removing the passwd file.

[tyrambo]

Thanks! This is the only thing that worked for me....apparently this is a two-year old bug

[emylee]

Bug is still very much alive. You saved me after an hour of googling and reinstalling. Jeff Andrew, there was nothing in `Tools > Options > Authentication` except my Atlassian login, not my ssh login for my private server. This stinks!

[olexandrbohuslavskyi]

After almost 4 years @Akul Bhatnagar 's solution still works

[ddennis_dk]

Tools > Options > Authentication

I had to delete the account and re-enter username password. Before it worked. Simply updating password did not work

[Jeff Thomas]

Hi Andrew,

You may want to try clearing the credentials out of SourceTree if they are cached there. This can be done under Tools > Options > Authentication