Sourcetree remote: Invalid username or password

Question

Im trying to push to github with sourcetree but get the following error:

git -c diff.mnemonicprefix=false -c core.quotepath=false push -v --tags origin

Answer 1

If you do have two-factor authentication enabled in GitHub you might have gotten here as well. In that case follow AlonR's answer (for Mac - worked for me) or Sven's answer (for Windows - untested) and then follow the instructions here to make it work.

• Currently the GitHub token page is here.

Answer 2

I had the same problem , I Relogged In to the account solved this error for me.

Answer 3

I faced this issue when i updated Embedded Git. Solved it by removing passwd file. you can find it here. then restart source tree.

AppData\Local\Atlassian\SourceTree\passwd

Answer 4

For OSX following by steps below

Go to: Preferences -> Advance -> Choose the account in table you want to remove -> Click to remove

Answer 5

I had the same problem for Sourcetree 2.10, but with the above solution not working.

Reverting to version 2.0 solved it.

Sourcetree download archive: (https://www.sourcetreeapp.com/download-archives)

Answer 6

This worked for me on Mac

1. Goto Preferences -> Git
2. Use System Git