[Bug 1295142] Re: git clone fails when server uses basic authentication

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: git (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  git clone fails when server uses basic authentication

Status in “git” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  # lsb_release -rd
  Description:    Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS
  Release:        12.04

  # apt-cache policy git
  git:
    Installed: 1:1.7.9.5-1
    Candidate: 1:1.7.9.5-1
    Version table:
   *** 1:1.7.9.5-1 0
          500 http://ubuntu-proxy-ehealth.d03.arc.local/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  
  Expected behavior:

  git clone asks for username, password, then performs clone

  Observed behavior:

  $ git clone https://somehost/SomeRepository/
  Cloning into 'SomeRepository'...
  Username for 'https://somehost': somename
  Password for 'https://somename@somehost': 
  error: The requested URL returned error: 401 (curl_result = 22, http_code = 401, sha1 = 9241248f5349ca187c9d0d7027d74e5da6d40447)
  error: Unable to find 9241248f5349ca187c9d0d7027d74e5da6d40447 under https://somehost/AdminRepo
  Cannot obtain needed object 9241248f5349ca187c9d0d7027d74e5da6d40447
  while processing commit fdb37cc312687e69581871b8b8b33f9bc5f0725d.
  error: Fetch failed.

  
  The error is a known issue, a short and simple patch is available for version 1.7.9.6, see patch [1] or other report of same issue [2]

  [1] http://lists-archives.com/git/767523-fix-http-auth-with-multiple-curl-handles.html
  [2] http://git.661346.n2.nabble.com/git-clone-over-http-with-basic-auth-bug-td7567702.html

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