Troubleshooting
Problem
Attempts to clone Git repositories using the Eclipse Git Team Provider in IBM Rational Application Developer results in a failure if the HTTPS protocol is selected.
Symptom
- Open the Git Repositories view (Window > Show View > Other... > Git > Git Repositories).
- Select to Clone a Git Repository.
- Provide a valid Git repository location in the URI field. The Host, Repository path and Protocols fields are filled in automatically.
- Select "https" as Connection protocol.
- Type User and Password as needed.
- Click Next.
The following error dialog is displayed:

And the log file contains the following error:
org.eclipse.jgit.api.errors.TransportException: <repository>: cannot open git-upload-pack
at org.eclipse.jgit.api.LsRemoteCommand.call(LsRemoteCommand.java:196)
at org.eclipse.egit.core.op.ListRemoteOperation.run(ListRemoteOperation.java:99)
at org.eclipse.egit.ui.internal.clone.SourceBranchPage$8.run(SourceBranchPage.java:324)
at org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext$ModalContextThread.run(ModalContext.java:122)
Caused by: org.eclipse.jgit.errors.TransportException: <repository>: cannot open git-upload-pack
at org.eclipse.jgit.transport.TransportHttp.connect(TransportHttp.java:521)
at org.eclipse.jgit.transport.TransportHttp.openFetch(TransportHttp.java:309)
at org.eclipse.jgit.api.LsRemoteCommand.call(LsRemoteCommand.java:175)
... 3 more
Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Received fatal alert: handshake_failure
at com.ibm.jsse2.j.a(j.java:33)
at com.ibm.jsse2.j.a(j.java:31)
at com.ibm.jsse2.qc.b(qc.java:190)
at com.ibm.jsse2.qc.a(qc.java:456)
at com.ibm.jsse2.qc.h(qc.java:352)
at com.ibm.jsse2.qc.a(qc.java:523)
at com.ibm.jsse2.qc.startHandshake(qc.java:730)
at com.ibm.net.ssl.www2.protocol.https.c.afterConnect(c.java:70)
at com.ibm.net.ssl.www2.protocol.https.d.connect(d.java:9)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1311)
at java.net.HttpURLConnection.getResponseCode(HttpURLConnection.java:479)
at com.ibm.net.ssl.www2.protocol.https.b.getResponseCode(b.java:40)
at org.eclipse.jgit.transport.http.JDKHttpConnection.getResponseCode(JDKHttpConnection.java:98)
at org.eclipse.jgit.util.HttpSupport.response(HttpSupport.java:168)
at org.eclipse.jgit.transport.TransportHttp.connect(TransportHttp.java:475)
... 5 more
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Modified date:
02 December 2021
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