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Github SSH works but clone using ssh fails

I came across a weird issue while cloning a git repository using ssh. I have the ssh setup:

ssh -T git@github.com
Hi yusufali2205! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.

I am using the right clone url and have access to the repo I want to clone. But getting error:

➤ git clone git@github.com:<some-org>/<repo>.git
Cloning into 'project'...
Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

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

There is no other message to debug what is wrong with my ssh setup or git configuration.

Solution

  • I found out there was an entry in my .gitconfig which was replacing ssh with https.

    [url "https"]
    insteadOf = git

    I might have accidentally added this entry while using some tool. So the clone command was actually using the url https@github.com:<some-org>/<repo>.git

    After removing the above entry from .gitconfig the problem was resolved.