Attempting push on git and receiving “could not read Username for 'https://github.com': terminal prompts disabled”

Question

I\'m using Visual Studio, and the GitHub Extension. I am able to sign in, then clone my team\'s repository, and then pull changes successfully.

When it comes time to

Answer 1

This worked for me:

Deleting the file %localAppData%\GitCredentialManager\tenant.cache and then re-trying your logon.

Answer 2

In windows go to credentials manager and check if generic credentials list has the below entries

git:https://github.com

https://github.com

If these entries are not present add these entries with username and password and it should work.

Answer 3

As per my comment. You can include your username in the remote URL (similar to FTP).

Example without password (SSH):

git remote set-url origin git@github.com/username/repo.git

Example with password (https)

https://name:password@github.com/username/repo.git

Source: Git push requires username and password

Updated 5/14/2018 to correct github.org to github.com in the original answer

Answer 4

I have updated my Visual studio 2017 and restarted it. Now it's working fine.My updated Visual studio version:

Answer 5

I faced the same issue after I have only TLS1.2 enabled on my PC. After enabling TLS 1.1, SSL.x the issue was resolved. For enabling and disabling I used IISCrypto software. Hope that helps the team and other users.

Answer 6

This happened to me when syncing. Updating visual studio to the latest version did it for me.