Github password has @: Could not resolve host error

Question

My github password includes @ character. In doing git clone, I am getting an error message could not resolve host: [email protected] considering my password is "pass@my". Using backslash too presents the same error.

I am typing:

git clone myusername:pass@[email protected]/myusername/myrepo.git D:/myworkspace

How to resolve this?

@ChrisMartin Thanks for your time but maybe you could elaborate/guide, as I am not very familiar with the process. — devautor, Nov 12 '15 at 23:32
@mirror [GitHub's docs](https://help.github.com/categories/ssh/) do a better job than I could. — Chris Martin, Nov 12 '15 at 23:34
What exactly are you typing? Feel free to omit concrete details like your password and username... — Makoto, Nov 12 '15 at 23:35
@Makoto This: git clone https://myusername:pass@[email protected]/myusername/myrepo.git D:/myworkspace And as an answer below suggests, URL encoding does the job. But, you can sure teach me anything! — devautor, Nov 12 '15 at 23:39
Why aren't you able to use the conventional way: `git://[email protected]:myusername/myrepo.git` ? Failing *that*, why not try it through HTTPS? `https://github.com/myusername/repo.git`. You shouldn't be required to enter your password to *clone* the repository. — Makoto, Nov 12 '15 at 23:41
@Makoto Didn't know that, thanks! Found this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10054318/how-to-provide-username-and-password-when-run-git-clone-gitremote-git — devautor, Nov 12 '15 at 23:46

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 12 '15 at 23:18

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Try URL-encoding it: pass%40my

answered Nov 12 '15 at 23:18

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