Clone a private repo of github with username and password

Question

I have configured Account A on my system with Global configurations and I can clone all my repos from there.

Now I don\'t want to change the configuration and I want to

Answer 1

Just to make the syntax a bit clearer, to clone a private repository use:

git clone https://[insert username]:[insert password]@github.com/[insert organisation name]/[insert repo name].git

Example:

git clone https://myusername:mypassword@github.com/myorgname/myreponame.git

Answer 2

You can try with the complete https url:

git clone https://username:password@github.com/*****/******.git

If you omit the https:// part (and use ':' instead of '/'), it would be interpreted like an ssh url.

The GitHub help page "Which remote URL should I use?" confirms an https url can access private repos.

Note: I wouldn't put the password directly in the url, but use a credential manager to get the right password for the right user.

git clone https://username@github.com/*****/******.git