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Asked: 2026-05-26T23:22:51+00:00

Searching google for +github +ssh no address associated with name gives the following SO

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Searching google for +github +ssh "no address associated with name" gives the following SO questions as the 4 top results:

github no address associated with name
Github push origin master not working
Syncing with github
GITHUB setup – no address associated with name

None of them gives answer to my problem, though.

c:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin>git --version
git version 1.7.7.1.msysgit.0

c:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin>ssh git@github.com
Enter passphrase for key '/c/Users/Piotr/.ssh/id_rsa':
Hi piotr-dobrogost! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.
Connection to github.com closed.

c:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin>git clone ssh://git@github.com:piotr-dobrogost/requests.git
Cloning into requests...
ssh: github.com:piotr-dobrogost: no address associated with name
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

I guess the problem is caused by git passing github.com:piotr-dobrogost as the hostname to ssh instead just github.com only. Why does git do this and what’s the solution?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You answered it yourself – the problem is that you’re passing github.com:piotr-dobrogost as the hostname, which is, in fact, not a valid hostname. git will understand either proper URLs to a repository, or a repository path in SCP format (see man 1 scp.) For a proper URL, try:

    git clone ssh://git@github.com/piotr-dobrogost/requests.git

    Which is equivalent to the following in SCP path format:

    git clone git@github.com:piotr-dobrogost/requests.git
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