Intellij 15 + Github - cannot clone repository, getting “Repository Test has Failed” error

Question

I have Intellij 15 and a Github account, and I\'m trying to unite the two. I went into settings -> Version Control, and added Github with the Host and username and password

Answer 1

I was having this issue until I set the SSH-executable option to use Built-in SSH (just like you have). This immediately solved my problem and I wasn't getting the error anymore.

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Further options I am using include:

• I have opted to use token authentication rather than a password
• I am using the Windows Setup for git rather than a portable setup
• And the path to git is set as C:\Program Files\Git\bin\git.exe

Apart from these 3 options, my settings look exactly like yours. I am running windows 10 64bit and my version of IntelliJ is 2016.1.1