'git clone with different username/account

How can I clone something on git with a different account?

For example, I might have been using one account for cloning, and now I need to access a repo that only a different account has access to.

Thanks for the help

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Solution 1:^[1]

If you clone via https you can do something like

git clone https://[email protected]/username/repository.git

This will prompt you for a password.

You can also directly provide a password by calling

git clone https://username:[email protected]/username/repository.git

But be aware that the password will be saved in .git/config and your bash history in that case which is not safe. If you don't like to enter the password every time you should consider cloning via ssh.

Solution 2:^[2]

I tried above solution but it seems that support for password authentication was removed on August 13, 2021.

The solution is to use a personal access token which you can generate in Settings -> Developer Settings -> Personal access tokens.

After that:

git clone https://username:[email protected]/username/repository.git

Solution 3:^[3]

If this account's ssh-key has been added to your device, you can try this after ssh-add.

git clone git@<account_username>:<repo_username>/repository.git

Hope this could help.

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