Cannot push to github repo

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My repo: https://shadyabhi@github.com/shadyabhi/learnajax.git

shadyabhi@archlinux-N210 ~/github/learnajax $ cat .git/config 
[core]
    repositoryformatversion = 0
    filemode = true
    bare = false
    logallrefupdates = true
[remote "origin"]
    url = https://shadyabhi@github.com/shadyabhi/learnajax.git
    fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
shadyabhi@archlinux-N210 ~/github/learnajax $ git config -l
user.name=shadyabhi
user.email=abhijeet.1989@gmail.com
merge.tool=vimdiff
github.token=1095de7027bVVVV01cfAAAAAa5fc8f6
color.ui=auto
core.repositoryformatversion=0
core.filemode=true
core.bare=false
core.logallrefupdates=true
remote.origin.url=https://shadyabhi@github.com/shadyabhi/learnajax.git
remote.origin.fetch=+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
shadyabhi@archlinux-N210 ~/github/learnajax $ git push -u origin master
Password: 
fatal: Authentication failed
shadyabhi@archlinux-N210 ~/github/learnajax $

Now, I cant push into my repo. I have checked the github.token its the same as my Account Settings. Ofcoarse, I am entering the right password but I get this error.

Have you tried using SSH keys? – robert Mar 30 '11 at 12:20 — robert, Mar 30 '11 at 12:20
I have it blocked at my place. – shadyabhi Mar 30 '11 at 12:21 — shadyabhi, Mar 30 '11 at 12:21

score 74 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 25 '13 at 19:32

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I was having a similar issue pushing my origin with the correct user and password. It turned out that I had turned on 2-factor Authentication and had forgotten. If you have 2-factor Authentication enabled you will need to create an application specific password to push your repo. https://help.github.com/articles/creating-an-access-token-for-command-line-use

answered Sep 25 '13 at 19:32

Kelley Kavanaugh

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That's the ticket. Apparently though once you enable 2-factor auth it no long allows key based auth (I guess that makes sense as it is only one factor) – Christian Bongiorno Nov 06 '14 at 00:19
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Just in case it's not clear, the token that is generated here needs to be used in lieu of your password. – seato Feb 26 '16 at 20:45
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I got the access token, now what? – Marian07 Aug 22 '16 at 12:21
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@Marian07: I know I'm late to respond but in case you didn't find the answer, you have to supply the personal access token in place of your password. For example, if, from the command line, you are doing "git push origin master", when you are asked to supply your password for GitHub, instead supply the personal access token that was generated. – Jeff Nyman Nov 22 '16 at 16:02

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 05 '11 at 05:01

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There is some issue (if using https) if username contains "some" special characters.

answered Apr 05 '11 at 05:01

shadyabhi

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Use mypass2011^@: as your password and you will know it that you wont be able to push – shadyabhi Apr 07 '11 at 17:07
Did you contact GitHub about that? Seems like the bug is still there. – Ark-kun Aug 31 '13 at 23:48
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I recently changed my github account password to contain '.' and '!' characters and https authentication stopped working. This is dumb. – Jen Sep 20 '13 at 16:14
In my case in username was wrong. just first letter capital instead of small. – pallavi Oct 15 '19 at 13:24

score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 07 '15 at 12:21

I have hit the same problem just now. Apparently, when you use git in command line, it wants you to enter the access token instead of password. This is really weird, but it works.

$ git push origin HEAD
Username for 'https://github.com':        <--- your username here
Password for 'https://t7ko@github.com':   <--- access token here O_O

PS: This is the instruction on creating token: https://help.github.com/articles/creating-an-access-token-for-command-line-use

score 6 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 30 '11 at 12:28

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As I understand it, github.token (and github.user) aren't used by git HTTP transport - they're only there for other tools that use GitHub's API, such as GitX and GitNub.

I think the "Authentication failed" error must be due to you entering the wrong password. (This should be your GitHub password rather than the password to your SSH private key.)

answered Mar 30 '11 at 12:28

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I just discovered that if your pass is "mypass2011^@:", I cant git push using https. Sounds wierd, but can anyone confirm? – shadyabhi Mar 30 '11 at 15:57
I had a similar problem; it didn't occur to me that using the SSH password wouldn't work for HTTPS (though, in hindsight, its absolutely obvious). Thanks for clarifying! – Nicholas Cloud Feb 01 '12 at 15:39

score 2 · Answer 5 · edited Sep 22 '12 at 09:11

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I had just same problem as previously described. Passwords with #, ¤ or " didn't seem to work, whatever I tried.

Seems to be more or less similar problem as with Microsoft Office 365 portal, where you can't use ex. ¤ character in password, if you are going to use mobile devices as well.

Github login works fine with all passwords, in web... but using whatever client, it doesn't.

edited Sep 22 '12 at 09:11

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answered Sep 09 '12 at 20:43

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 23 '14 at 11:16

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If your password contains special characters, git push won't work in Terminal. My workaround is open up emacs and do git push inside eshell.

answered Jan 23 '14 at 11:16

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Do you have idea why is that? – shadyabhi Jan 24 '14 at 11:14
failed for me :( but thanks for letting me know eshell exists! – Yair Daon Feb 09 '17 at 18:15

score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Jun 02 '14 at 08:33

if your username or password has special characters, you can replace it with the encoded for example, if your password is "test@2010", you will write it as "test%402010" and the config command will be like this git config remote.origin.url https://{username}:test%402010@github.com/{repo_username}/{repo_name}.git

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