Git fails with "fatal: protocol error: bad line length character: Pass"

Question

All git commands requiring access to the remote repository fail with the error message:

fatal: protocol error: bad line length character: Pass

They used to work a few days ago.

Possible duplicate of [Git Remote: Error: fatal: protocol error: bad line length character: Unab](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8170436/git-remote-error-fatal-protocol-error-bad-line-length-character-unab) — Edward Thomson, Jul 08 '16 at 23:36

score 13 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 19 '16 at 16:18

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The problem was that my ssh key agent (Pageant) wasn't running.

answered Feb 19 '16 at 16:18

Ignitor

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 08 '16 at 22:36

2

Had a similarly issue while setting up aws codecommit, I need to add the .ppk to pageant.

answered Jul 08 '16 at 22:36

Nick Cordova

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

0

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

Community

answered Nov 13 '17 at 09:43

Yogi Ghorecha

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