Here’s what’s happening and how to fix it. In libcurl (the library Git uses for HTTP requests), error CURLE_BAD_FUNCTION_ARGUMENT (43) means that a function received a parameter that is invalid or out of range for the operation.
curl 8.4.0 (Windows) libcurl/8.4.0 Schannel or Here’s what’s happening and how to fix it
curl --ssl-reqd https://google.com If that also fails with error 43, your libcurl installation is broken. Reinstalling Git for Windows fixes it. If you urgently need to clone a repo: Here’s what’s happening and how to fix it
Here’s a structured blog post draft tailored for developers encountering the curl: (43) A libcurl function was given a bad argument error on Git for Windows. If you’ve recently updated Git for Windows or switched to a new terminal environment, you might have run into this frustrating error: Here’s what’s happening and how to fix it