Git : HTTP request failed

Question

I have a remote repository with HTTPS access.

git status lists only one entry: master

git remote -v lists two entries to the same address: one for fetch, one for push

But when I do git remote show origin, or other operations, like fetch, I get :

error: while accessing https:... fatal: HTTP request failed 

I am behind a proxy, but as it is set in my .gitconfig (sslVerify = no) and the cloning is OK, I don't think the problem comes from that.

BUT... my OS (CentOS) has been reinstalled.

Answer 1

If you're using https: rather than git: for your clone, it's possible that it's barfing on the CA certificate, i.e. you don't have a copy of the intermediate certificate to verify your SSL connection. I've run into this on a couple of different occasions. Usually with debian-based Linux distributions. Try

git config --global http.sslVerify false 

and then the clone again. If the clone works, that's what's happening. However this is a bad solution, as of course turns off SSL verification, which makes using HTTPS somewhat pointless, and leaves you vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks.

What you need to do is download the CA Certificates package for whatever OS you're on, under Linux (well Debian/Ubuntu) it'll probably be something like

apt-get install ca-certificates 

then

git config --global http.sslVerify true git config --global http.sslCAinfo /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt 

although your path to your certificate file might be different depending on OS version.

This should get it working.

Answer 2

I had set the http proxy in the http_proxy environment variable (Git Bash on Windows), but only setting the proxy in my %HOME%/.gitconfig worked:

[http]     proxy = http://USERNAME:PASWORD@URL:PORT