[SOLVED] git clone over https 401 error and not asking for username or password

Issue

I have a private git repository on Codaset. Normally when I try to clone it over HTTPS on my Windows machine, it asks me for my username and password. When I try to clone it on an Ubuntu server, it never asks me for a username or password and it fails with a 401 error. What do I need to do differently?

Here is what I am doing:

git clone https://codaset.com/username/project_name.git destination_folder_name.git

Solution

I got it to work using this format:

https://username:[email protected]/username/project_name.git destination_folder

However according to these 2 posts, using that method could be a security problem:

Can a username and password be sent safely over HTTPS via URL parameters?

Username and password in https url

Answered By - still_dreaming_1

Answer Checked By - Cary Denson (WPSolving Admin)