Fatal Error when updating submodule using GIT

Question

I am trying to update the submodules of this git repositary but I keep getting a fatal errors:

[root@iptlock ProdigyView]# git submodule update --recursive
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Answer 1

I had this same issue. However, in my situation, the team wanted to use the SSH access from the .gitmodules, so modifying the URL to use http:// was not an option.

Ultimately, my issue was having an incorrect ~/.ssh/config file. The config file had some erroneous settings, so I was actually trying to access the incorrect server every time I'd really want to access git@github.com. I found this out by executing the following command:

ssh -vT git@github.com

The third line or so should say this:

debug1: Connection to github.com [] port 

If you aren't attempting to connect to github.com, then your config file is pointing you off course.

Turns out I didn't need any of the stuff in my config file anyway, so I was safe to delete it. If you want to maintain a config file, here is a good article on that:

http://nerderati.com/2011/03/17/simplify-your-life-with-an-ssh-config-file/

Also, these GitHub docs really helped me debug my issue:

https://help.github.com/articles/error-permission-denied-publickey

https://help.github.com/articles/what-ip-addresses-does-github-use-that-i-should-whitelist