Git: SSL certificate issues

Question

I run git commands in my cmd. This worked a while ago, but now when I use the git command, the following error occurs

fatal: unable to access 'github.com/user_name/repo_name.git/' : SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate 

It worked a week ago, but it wasn’t anymore when I didn’t change anything. This is pretty weird. My OS is WIndows 8.1 and git version 1.9.5

Thanks!

Answer 1

You must verify that the correct CA certificates are installed on Windows. I believe that you can install it by browsing github.com using Internet Explorer, and then installing the middleware and CA certificates complete with the SSL certificate. (Right click lock)