From: Abdelrazak Younes Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:40:04 GMT Subject: Re: Failed to clone http://repo.or.cz/w/msysgit.git Message-ID: <4766B474.1060302@free.fr> In-Reply-To: Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Hi, > > [please do not cull me from the Cc: list when you reply to me. This is > like replying to me, but talking away from me (to the public).] Sorry, I am afraid I cannot do that right now because I use the gmane news interface and I don't have access to my smtp from here. If it is too irritating I'll wait up until I go back home before I answer. In any case, sorry for the inconvenience. > > On Mon, 17 Dec 2007, Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > >> Johannes Schindelin wrote: >>> On Mon, 17 Dec 2007, Abdelrazak Younes wrote: >>> >>>> I am trying to clone the msysgit repository but I get this error: >>>> >>>> $ git clone http://repo.or.cz/w/msysgit.git >>>> Initialized empty Git repository in d:/devel/git/msysgit/.git/ >>>> D:/program/Git/bin/git-clone: line 144: /bin/git-http-fetch: Bad file >>>> number > > Okay, I get the same error here. Fishy. But then, this is not the > correct URL either (so I think Peff's patch probably fixes it). > > What you tried is the gitweb URL, which explicitely says > > Mirror URL git://repo.or.cz/msysgit.git > > http://repo.or.cz/r/msysgit.git > > IOW replace your "/w/" by "/r/" and have fun, Yes, it works! Thanks and sorry for the mixup, I just copied and pasted the link without thinking. Abdel.