SSH error during git pull

Question

I'm trying to run git pull on my Windows machine and get this error:

fatal: unable to access '(address_here)': 
error:14077410:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:sslv3 alert handshake failure

How could I avoid it?

Are you sure you can access your Git repository? Is it offline? — Makoto, Nov 16 '17 at 16:33
Sure. I have an web interface and it allows me to browse the repository. — Alexander, Nov 16 '17 at 16:34
The browser isn't going over SSH, which is your error. Can you SSH to the host? — Don Branson, Nov 16 '17 at 16:36
Possible duplicate of [SSL23\_GET\_SERVER\_HELLO:sslv3 alert handshake failure](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31113039/ssl23-get-server-hellosslv3-alert-handshake-failure) — Makoto, Nov 16 '17 at 16:36
Google tells me: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7144811/git-ssh-error-connect-to-host-bad-file-number — Don Branson, Nov 16 '17 at 17:01

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 17 '17 at 05:55

It is an https error, not an ssh error: double-check the value of

git remote -v

Try also:

the latest Git for Windows you can find, like PortableGit-2.15.0-64-bit.7z.exe (unzip it anywhere you want, no setup)

then in a CMD session, set your PATH with:

set G=c:\path\to\latest\git
set PATH=%G%\bin;%G%\usr\bin;%G%\mingw64\bin
set PATH=%PATH%;C:\windows\system32;C:\windows\System32\Wbem;C:\windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\

set your HOME in that same CMD session
```
set HOME=%USERPROFILE%
```
Finally, still from that same CMD (with its simplified PATH), cd to your Git local repo, and try your git pull again.

That would be enough to make sure you are using the latest openSSL.

And that would eliminate any interference from your current %PATH%.

@Alexander If this has worked, I suspect your PATH must include a reference to an old OpenSSL before including the Git PATH (which has an up-to-date OpenSSL library) — VonC, Nov 17 '17 at 08:25

SSH error during git pull

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