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Trying to clone a repo from a TFS server (local network) and getting the error 403 instead of being prompted for a username and password.

I have tried different things. So far

git config --global user.email "email@company.ca"
git config --global user.name "Domain\Username" 
git config --global http.proxy http://y.y.y.y:8080

Cloning into 'app-dlls'...
fatal: unable to access 'http://x.x.x.x:8080/tfs/DefaultCollection/Project/_git/project1/': The requested URL returned error: 403

Other machines in the same network have no problems accessing the same repo and are being prompted for credentials.

Note that I'm using VS Code (not visual studio), however I assume that git should work on its own by just cloning from the command prompt. Same errors if I try the GUI application.

Anyone has any idea?

Alex
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Check first your git config credential helper (explained here): if it is set to "manager", it is possible that credentials were cached by the Windows Credential Manager.

You can open said Windows Credential Manager to check for any http://x.x.x.x:8080 entry.

VonC
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  • The link "git config credential helper" links to https://github.com/contact , and is currently taking visitors to https://support.github.com/ . Is it supposed to be a link to some documentation about the git config credential helper, or something that manages your credentials within GitHub itself? – Andrew Grimm Jun 03 '20 at 01:29
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    @AndrewGrimm Thank you for reporting this: I have fixed the link in the answer. – VonC Jun 03 '20 at 05:29