Problems with _netrc, still getting clone failed

Question

I've followed this tutorial on setting up git-gui so I can get access to google code git repositories but I am still getting clone failed. I really don't understand the problem. I have made a _netrc file and I have created a HOME environmental variable yet the problem is still there.

Is there anyone out there who could shed some light on this situation? It would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Answer 1

You can debug the process with a:

set GIT_CURL_VERBOSE=1
git clone https://code.google.com/p/yourProject

Your environment variable %HOME% should reference an existing directory (not necessarily C:\HOME as in the tutorial, but any path you want), where _netrc has been created.

Then, make sure your %HOME%\_netrc file does contain:

machine code.google.com
login (your Gmail login, which is usually your email address)
password (your Gmail password)