"ssh_exchange_identification: read: Connection reset by peer" error when trying to connect to remote repository on git

Question

I'm very new to github, I started using it about two weeks ago. Everything worked perfectly, I was able to push and pull from my remote repository. Today, however, when I tried to pull from it I got this error message:

ssh_exchange_identification: read: Connection reset by peer
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

When I try to do anything that connects to my remote github repository (push, pull, fetch, etc), in fact, it gives me back the same error.

When I type in this command: "ssh -T [email protected]", I just get:

ssh_exchange_identification: read: Connection reset by peer

I didn't modify any settings in my repository or in my SSH keys or anything so I have no idea why it stopped working all of a sudden. What could be the problem?

Answer 1

I had a similar issue recently, I'm not sure whether its exactly the same as I got the connected user by following command.

ssh -T [email protected]

But when I try to push the code to remote repository I got same error.

kex_exchange_identification: read: Connection reset by peer
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

After trying few solutions from the internet without success, I just tried git init and it worked for me. I hope this works only if the connection user has bound correctly.

Try it out Good Luck.. :)

Answer 2

I also had this problem and I was able to fix it by restarting my internet connection.

I was so confused when git bash suddenly gave me that message. I did not do any alteration on my git repositories at all. Restarting my connection fixed it.