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I am trying to push changes to a code.google.com git repository. I am using Git Extensions. My HOME variable is set in both Windows and Git Bash.

C:\> echo %HOME%
C:\Users\Username
$ echo $HOME
/c/Users/Username

And I have added a file in %HOME% called _netrc

machine code.google.com
login [email protected]
password GOOGLEGENERATED

Obviously Username is replaced by my username and GOOGLEGENERATED is the google generated password. When attempting to push, I get this error message:

C:\Program Files\Git\bin\git.exe push -u --recurse-submodules=check "origin" master:master Done fatal: remote error: Invalid username/password. You may need to use your generated googlecode.com password; see https://code.google.com/hosting/settings

The related questions suggest that everything is setup properly, but it is still not working. Any ideas?

asked Feb 29, 2012 at 0:05
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  • is the username already specified in origin? Commented Feb 29, 2012 at 0:16
  • In Settings - Global settings tab? User name = [email protected] and user email = [email protected]. Or is there somewhere else I need to set it at? Commented Feb 29, 2012 at 0:28
  • check in .git/config, what is the value of url under [remote "origin"]? Commented Feb 29, 2012 at 2:04
  • url = [email protected]/p/project Commented Feb 29, 2012 at 3:31
  • That was supposed to read: url - "https: //[email protected]/p/project" (Space added to prevent automatic hyperlink Commented Feb 29, 2012 at 3:42

2 Answers 2

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Remove username@ from the url entry for origin in .git/config

answered Feb 29, 2012 at 4:07
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Might also be helpful to some to point out that this is done in the repository folder, not the global config. (was the case for me anyway)
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So, for those who are new at this, do the following in git bash:

git config --global user.name "google.username"

git config --global user.email "[email protected]"

git remote set-url origin https://code.google.com/p/projectname

This worked for me. I didn't do anything with a _netrc or .netrc file.

answered May 14, 2012 at 22:29

Worked like a charm and I think

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