Git: clone from HTTP repository when username contains "@" sign

Question

I'm trying to clone from some git repository, with a command like:

git clone username@path.to.server/repository

The problem is that my username contains the @ char within.

When I try to clone using some dummy user name without the @ char, I get authentication error. But, once I try with my username, I get:

> git clone myuser@mydomain.com@path.to.server/repository
fatal: unable to access .... Could not resolve host mydomain.com@path.to.server

I tried escaping the @ sign using backslash, and using 2,3,4 and 5 backslashes - still the same problem..

Any ideas how to overcome it?

Solution:

Thanks to those who answered/commented with references to other threads.

The very simple solution, detailed in the references, is to use %40, which is the ASCII encoding of the char @. Tried it - it works!

git clone myuser%40mydomain.com@path.to.server/repository

Basically the same as http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27161081/git-clone-with-password — robertklep, Jun 08 '16 at 11:21
Also very similar, with same solution: http://stackoverflow.com/q/10050877/151344 — Alderath, Jun 08 '16 at 11:40
PLEASE don't post the solution as part of your question, post it as new answer instead. — Seth, Jun 08 '16 at 13:15

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 08 '16 at 11:43

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why not try to clone the git git clone pathTORepor and then git will prompt you to type username then type your username and password if needed

answered Jun 08 '16 at 11:43

Smit

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