git error: cannot handle https

Question

when I tried to use git clone https://xxx I got the following error
I don't handle protocol 'https'
Could anyone please help me?

full message:

dementrock@dementrock-A8Se:~$ git clone https://git.innostaa.com/innostaa.git

Cloning into innostaa...

fatal: Unable to find remote helper for 'https'

dementrock@dementrock-A8Se:~$ git --version

git version 1.7.4

Answer 1

Fixed this problem for Git 1.7.9 on Windows. Seemed to happen with many GIT instantiations on Windows. Had to do with the url not being properly escaped in the command line.

Solution: Put the git repository URL in single quotes 'https://.......'

Answer 2

Version 0.99.9i of git probably does not support https protocol.

Try to install a more recent version of git. The easiest solution would be to install it via apt-get:

$ apt-get update
$ apt-get install git

After that check that the correct version is used:

$ hash -r
$ which git
/usr/bin/git

If the returned string is not /usr/bin/git, then you have another older version of git in your PATH that is masking the more recent one. Remove it.

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If you do not want to install git via apt-get or if you do not have administrator privilege on your machine, you can built it from source. You can download them from git website, and compilation should be as simple as:

$ tar -xvfj git-1.7.4.2.tar.bz2
$ cd git-1.7.4.2
$ ./configure --prefix=$HOME/install
$ make && make install

After that, you'll have to add $HOME/install/bin to your PATH.

$ hash -r
$ PATH="$HOME/install/bin:${PATH}"
$ git --version
git version 1.7.4.2