# Error with Templates: Could not find templates on cloning but on creating 3 messages from 2017-05-29 to 2017-05-30. Participants: Mathias Artus, Johannes Sixt. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/46069 ## Mathias Artus, 2017-05-29 11:20 Subject: Error with Templates: Could not find templates on cloning but on creating Message-ID: <201705291120.v4TBKfkV082879@mikako.shopkeeper.de> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/201705291120.v4TBKfkV082879%40mikako.shopkeeper.de ``` Hi, Today i've tried to set up a template directory. I added in the system wide gitconfig the following lines: [init] templatedir = "//OurServer/SomeDirectory/GitTemplate" Where //Ourserver is a Network Path. With this line i can create a new Repository and the template gets copied. But when i clone a repo the following error shows up and the template doesn't get copied: templates not found /OurServer/SomeDirectory/GitTemplate I Recognized that one slash was missing. Hence i added one: [init] templatedir = "///OurServer/SomeDirectory/GitTemplate" Fine, cloning works after that, but creating a new repository then shows up a Warning: templates not found ///OurServer/SomeDirectory/GitTemplate Is that a known bug or is it my Failure? I use git 2.13 on windows 7 Kind regards Mathias Artus ``` ## Johannes Sixt, 2017-05-29 21:05 Subject: Re: Error with Templates: Could not find templates on cloning but on creating Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/fa99116f-ce82-f7c6-30ed-807c873c3634%40kdbg.org In-Reply-To: <201705291120.v4TBKfkV082879@mikako.shopkeeper.de> ``` Am 29.05.2017 um 13:20 schrieb Mathias Artus: > Hi, > Today i've tried to set up a template directory. I added in the system wide gitconfig the following lines: > > [init] > templatedir = "//OurServer/SomeDirectory/GitTemplate" > > Where //Ourserver is a Network Path. > With this line i can create a new Repository and the template gets copied. But when i clone a repo the following error shows up and the template doesn't get copied: > templates not found /OurServer/SomeDirectory/GitTemplate > > I Recognized that one slash was missing. Hence i added one: > [init] > templatedir = "///OurServer/SomeDirectory/GitTemplate" > > Fine, cloning works after that, but creating a new repository then shows up a Warning: > templates not found ///OurServer/SomeDirectory/GitTemplate > > Is that a known bug or is it my Failure? > > I use git 2.13 on windows 7 I cannot reproduce. I'm on Windows 8.1, but I wouldn't expect that to make a difference. Are you using Cygwin's git by any chance? -- Hannes ``` ## Mathias Artus, 2017-05-30 08:19 Subject: AW: Error with Templates: Could not find templates on cloning but on creating Message-ID: <201705300819.v4U8JgXF085831@mikako.shopkeeper.de> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/201705300819.v4U8JgXF085831%40mikako.shopkeeper.de In-Reply-To: ``` Hi Hannes, no i use the native installation with Mingw. Greetz Mathias Mit freundlichen Grüßen Mathias Artus pecont steuerungen / software GmbH / Kurt Franke Straße 1 /  99098 Erfurt/  Geschäftsführer:  Volker Pennewitz,  Ants Wiegand / Tel.: +49 (172) 6948649 / Fax: +49 (36203) 719776 / HRB: 107443 / Jena -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Johannes Sixt [mailto:j6t@kdbg.org] Gesendet: Montag, 29. Mai 2017 23:05 An: Mathias Artus Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Betreff: Re: Error with Templates: Could not find templates on cloning but on creating Am 29.05.2017 um 13:20 schrieb Mathias Artus: > Hi, > Today i've tried to set up a template directory. I added in the system wide gitconfig the following lines: > > [init] > templatedir = "//OurServer/SomeDirectory/GitTemplate" > > Where //Ourserver is a Network Path. > With this line i can create a new Repository and the template gets copied. But when i clone a repo the following error shows up and the template doesn't get copied: > templates not found /OurServer/SomeDirectory/GitTemplate > > I Recognized that one slash was missing. Hence i added one: > [init] > templatedir = "///OurServer/SomeDirectory/GitTemplate" > > Fine, cloning works after that, but creating a new repository then shows up a Warning: > templates not found ///OurServer/SomeDirectory/GitTemplate > > Is that a known bug or is it my Failure? > > I use git 2.13 on windows 7 I cannot reproduce. I'm on Windows 8.1, but I wouldn't expect that to make a difference. Are you using Cygwin's git by any chance? -- Hannes ```