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

What worked for me was to disconnect from all the existing connections in Visual Studio, remove them one-by-one and connect from scratch. Then immediatelly I was able to clone the repository again.

Answer 2

Check that Windows does not have a pending update. If it does, update and restart.

Answer 3

Using Windows Credential manager

After seeting username, password in Windows Credential Manager, set git config to read from credential manager. Open gitbash, run command:
git config --global --add credential.helper manager

Answer 4

In my case the same issue coming on below scenario:

We are under corporate network. So we have our own proxy. When we try cloning we cant able to download due to same error.

I added proxy url in our git config.

[http]
 proxy=http://YourNameHere:YourPasswordHere@proxy.aaa.com:6050/
 sslVerify = false

[https] 
proxy=http://YourNameHere:YourPasswordHere@proxy.aaa.com:6050/
 sslVerify = false

Issue disappears and i can do all git operations.