Source Control (4-2), Git - Configure To Connect To DevOps And GitHub

Introduction

As we discussed in Source Control (4-1), Git --- Configuration, we usually do not need to configure Git when we install it either through Visual Studio or independently, except when we try to connect local Git to either DevOps or GitHub, we might get some issues due to configuration.

This is the structure of this article,

Introduction
Problem
Possible Solutions
Fix
Summary

Problem

When trying to connect either DevOps or GitHub, in a certain situation, we got the error,

Or trying to Clone a repository to local,

We got an error message,

Or in the output window,

Possible Solutions

By searching online we found similar articles trying to solve the SSL issue, such as,

SSL Certificate Problem: Unable to get Local Issuer Certificate – How to Fix? --- clickssl.net
Git Bash: “Unable to get local issuer certificate” --- shellhacks.com
How to Fix “Unable to get Local Issuer SSL Certificate” Error? --- ebuilderz.com
SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate --- stackoverflow.com/

but they are not true solutions for this issue, we can just work around the issue easily.

Fix

This is a simple configure issue, due to not configuring Git at the setup stage,

Can be fixed by command,

git config --system http.sslbackend schannel

You have to have admin right to do so, otherwise, you will get error like this,

After this fix, everything will be working well.

Summary

This exception is found in some setup, it is a configuration issue, not a SSL problem

References

Git --- Git
Git - Wikipedia
Git | Wiki.js
SSL certificate problem: Unable to get local issuer certificate --- confluence.atlassian.com, the fix is inside this article