While trying to do that, I keep getting this error but my URL is correct. However, when I tested with public repo it works fine
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Since April 2021, no more password is accepted when authenticating Git operations on GitHub.com: you would need to use (or cache) a PAT (Personal Access Token)
Since a public repository does not require authentication when cloning, you would not see the same error message.
So: Double-check what password is used.
Said password could be cached in your Windows Credential Manager: see what git config credential.helper
returns.
If it is manager-core, open the windows Credential Manager, and see if you have a github.com
entry.
If you do, check the cached password.

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Thanks for the response. However this is the first time I'm trying on git and there's no password cached in my windows credential manager. I just followed, PAT link you provided and created a token in my account. Now should I use PAT token in the place of password to clone the private repo in eclipse? – Bharath Kashyap Sep 23 '21 at 07:09
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@BharathKashyap Exactly: use the PAT as password for your Git operation. – VonC Sep 23 '21 at 07:11
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I used PAT as password to clone the repo and it works now. Thanks for your response, much appreciated ! – Bharath Kashyap Sep 23 '21 at 07:16
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@BharathKashyap Great! Well done. – VonC Sep 23 '21 at 07:20
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@bha is there anything missing to this answer, that you originally accepted? – VonC Jan 10 '22 at 09:54