How to resolve "git did not exit cleanly (exit code 128)" error on TortoiseGit?
If you're running windows 7:
I was trying to decide the best way to do this securely, but the lazy way is :
- right-click the parent folder
- click the "properties" button
- click the "security" tab
- click the "edit" button
- click the group that starts with "Users"
- click the checkbox that says "full control"
- click all the OK's to close the dialogs.
I realize this might circumvent windows "security" features, but it gets the job done.
for me I simply had to add configure my git username and email with the following commands:
git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
git config --global user.name "Your Name"
It's probably because your SSH key has been removed/revoked. Make a new one and add it to your GitHub account.