git clone with username and password, my password has "@" in it

Question

My password has @ in it and the command is failing. what's the alternative? git clone https://username:password@github.#########XXXXX####.com

You *must* URL-encode password characters that would otherwise trigger URL stuff, i.e., replace `@` with `%40`, replace `:` with `%3a`, and replace `%` with `%25`. — torek, May 20 '20 at 20:10
https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=%5Bgit%5D+escape+password — phd, May 20 '20 at 20:36

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 20 '20 at 20:04

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I would use the ssh+git protocol.

The other alternative is to get a token from github and use that instead of user/pw.

putting passwords directly on the command line is a bad practice.

answered May 20 '20 at 20:04

Adam Dymitruk

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