# Re: Error on git clone 3 messages from 2010-10-06 to 2010-10-06. Participants: Hocapito Cheteamo, Johannes Sixt. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/25366 ## Hocapito Cheteamo, 2010-10-06 10:34 Subject: Re: Error on git clone Message-ID: <571212.33119.qm@web114615.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/571212.33119.qm%40web114615.mail.gq1.yahoo.com ``` Thanks to Sverre Rabbelier who reminded me to do a 'git init' to get rid of that "Not a git repository' error. So I did: $ mkdir sss3 $ cd sss3 $ git init $ git remote add origin git@github.com:XXX/YYY.git $ git fetch Enter passphrase for key 'C:\.....\privateKey': remote: Counting objects: 478, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (303/303), done. Receiving objects: 100% (478/478), 96.57 MiB | 166 KiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (21/21), done. From github.com:XXX/YYY * [new branch] master -> origin/master $ git checkout -b master origin/master Checking out files: 43% tagging': Invalid argumenttory at 'public/images/tagging I'm still getting the same print over error messages. Thanks for any help that might help me to resolve this perplexing problem. Hoca ----- Original Message ---- From: Hocapito Cheteamo To: Johannes Sixt Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Sent: Wed, October 6, 2010 12:50:13 AM Subject: Re: Error on git clone Yes, this is with "Git for Windows" (a Git Bash Shell window). So I did what you suggested: mkdir sss3 cd sss3 git remote add origin git@github.com:XXX/YYY.git Then an error occurs: fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git Any thoughts? Thanks. Hoca ----- Original Message ---- From: Johannes Sixt To: Hocapito Cheteamo Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Sent: Wed, October 6, 2010 12:22:28 AM Subject: Re: Error on git clone Am 10/6/2010 10:13, schrieb Hocapito Cheteamo: > I could consistently reproduce the problem. The command that I used is: > git clone -v git@github.com:XXX/YYY.git sss > where XXX & YYY are replaced with the actual data. Just to make sure: This is with "Git for Windows", not Cygwin's git? Do the clone in separate the steps: mkdir sss cd sss git remote add origin git@github.com:XXX/YYY.git git fetch git checkout -b master origin/master Do you see any errors? -- Hannes ``` ## Johannes Sixt, 2010-10-06 10:51 Subject: Re: Error on git clone Message-ID: <4CAC54CB.5020208@viscovery.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4CAC54CB.5020208%40viscovery.net In-Reply-To: <571212.33119.qm@web114615.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> ``` Am 10/6/2010 12:34, schrieb Hocapito Cheteamo: > $ git fetch > Enter passphrase for key 'C:\.....\privateKey': > remote: Counting objects: 478, done. > remote: Compressing objects: 100% (303/303), done. > Receiving objects: 100% (478/478), 96.57 MiB | 166 KiB/s, done. > Resolving deltas: 100% (21/21), done. > From github.com:XXX/YYY > * [new branch] master -> origin/master Ok, download works as expected. You don't have to repeat these steps anymore. Keep a copy of sss3\.git around so that you can go back to this state when necessary. > $ git checkout -b master origin/master > Checking out files: 43% > tagging': Invalid argumenttory at 'public/images/tagging The error message is this one: cannot create directory at '%s' Do you have a file/directory with a CR in it? When you run this: git -p ls-tree -r origin/master and look for public/images, do you see this: "public/images/tagging\rtagging" (including the double-quotes)? If so, ask your upstream to fix the repository; you can't checkout the data as is on Windows. Alternatively, you could use a sparse checkout that excludes the questionable file. Read "Sparse checkout" in http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-read-tree.html -- Hannes ``` ## Hocapito Cheteamo, 2010-10-06 18:22 Subject: Re: Error on git clone Message-ID: <395557.10034.qm@web114610.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/395557.10034.qm%40web114610.mail.gq1.yahoo.com In-Reply-To: <4CAC54CB.5020208@viscovery.net> ``` Hi Hannes, As you have expected, when I run that command, git -p ls-tree -r origin/master > lll.txt and redirect it to a log file, the log file does show some lines that have: "public/images/tagging\rtagging/title_add_tags_to.png" THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH for helping me in resolving the problem that I have encountered with the git clone command on my PC Windows XP system. I'll definitely ask my upstream to fix the repository on that 'CR'. I'll also take a look at that "sparse checkout" that you have mentioned. Again, a big thank you for solving this perplexing problem, especially with the print over log messages. You rock!!! Hoca ----- Original Message ---- From: Johannes Sixt To: Hocapito Cheteamo Cc: git@vger.kernel.org; Sverre Rabbelier Sent: Wed, October 6, 2010 2:51:55 AM Subject: Re: Error on git clone Am 10/6/2010 12:34, schrieb Hocapito Cheteamo: > $ git fetch > Enter passphrase for key 'C:\.....\privateKey': > remote: Counting objects: 478, done. > remote: Compressing objects: 100% (303/303), done. > Receiving objects: 100% (478/478), 96.57 MiB | 166 KiB/s, done. > Resolving deltas: 100% (21/21), done. > From github.com:XXX/YYY > * [new branch] master -> origin/master Ok, download works as expected. You don't have to repeat these steps anymore. Keep a copy of sss3\.git around so that you can go back to this state when necessary. > $ git checkout -b master origin/master > Checking out files: 43% > tagging': Invalid argumenttory at 'public/images/tagging The error message is this one: cannot create directory at '%s' Do you have a file/directory with a CR in it? When you run this: git -p ls-tree -r origin/master and look for public/images, do you see this: "public/images/tagging\rtagging" (including the double-quotes)? If so, ask your upstream to fix the repository; you can't checkout the data as is on Windows. Alternatively, you could use a sparse checkout that excludes the questionable file. Read "Sparse checkout" in http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-read-tree.html -- Hannes ```