IntelliJ GitLab. Push failed. Failed with error: Authentication failed

Question

Whenever I click push files to GitLab, first IDEA prompts me to enter login credentials.

This dialog window always pop up 3 times after clicking OK. login and password are correct. And after that I always get this error message:

Cannot even add remote in IntelliJ:

But I can "git add" and commit changes in IntelliJ.

Edit: The solution is to use https://git-scm.com/docs/git-credential-store. IntelliJ push now works after that.

VonC · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-21T04:14:43.270

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One possibility is that your password include a special character that must be percent encoded.

Another is that you have the wrong credentials cached in the Windows Credential Manager.

Regarding the remote, and its error message:

 Remote URL test failed: Authentication failed.

So double-check first what a git ls-remote https://... returns: it should pick your credentials in the credential helper.

As mentioned above, a credential manager issue was the cause.

git config credential.helper

edited Oct 21 '17 at 04:14

answered Oct 19 '17 at 04:34

VonC

There is no any special characters in my password. As for windows credential manager, there is no credential manager saved. I can git add and commit changes in IntelliJ but cannot push files to GitLab. – Daryll David Dagondon Oct 19 '17 at 07:49
@DaryllDavidDagondon I have edited my answer. Did you try in command line a git ls-remote https://... as I now suggest in my revised answer? What version of Windows, IntelliJ and Git are you using? Are you using your gitlab.com username and password? – VonC Oct 19 '17 at 11:24
IntelliJ is 2016.3.7. git version 2.14.2.windows.3. Windows 7 Ultimate. Git ls-remote, git push and git pull works in Git Bash. git ls-remote returns 3 hexes. What is in git ls-remote? – Daryll David Dagondon Oct 20 '17 at 00:53
@DaryllDavidDagondon `git ls-remote` is a way to check you can query a remote repo without having to clone it: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-ls-remote – VonC Oct 20 '17 at 04:28
@DaryllDavidDagondon If it works in a bash, try to launch your IntelliJ from a CMD where you set first a simplified path: https://stackoverflow.com/a/46777994/6309 – VonC Oct 20 '17 at 04:30
It now works after I followed https://git-scm.com/docs/git-credential-store – Daryll David Dagondon Oct 21 '17 at 01:03
@DaryllDavidDagondon Great. A credential helper issue as I mentioned. – VonC Oct 21 '17 at 04:15

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 19 '17 at 20:37

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Git add and git commit are local operations, they need no password. A password is required for operations with remotes only - push, pull, ls-remote.

Does it work if you try pushing from the command line?

Also, it is worth checking the logs to find the exact error reason, This could be not only a wrong password but some other underlying error.

answered Oct 19 '17 at 20:37

Dmitrii Smirnov

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I can push in Git Bash. But a push in IntelliJ won't. – Daryll David Dagondon Oct 20 '17 at 00:43
It now works after I followed https://git-scm.com/docs/git-credential-store – Daryll David Dagondon Oct 21 '17 at 01:04

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 21 '17 at 01:48

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The solution is to use https://git-scm.com/docs/git-credential-store. IntelliJ push now works after that.

answered Oct 21 '17 at 01:48

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