[GTALUG] Difference with Git in Windows vs Linux

[Jim Ruxton]

I am having an issue wtih git that is driving me a bit nuts and 
wondering if anyone has any thoughts. I set up a bare git repository on 
my Google Drive. I pushed a repository that I created on my Linux 
machine to it . I can clone it back to another folder on my Linux 
machine but for some reason I can not clone it to a folder on Windows? 
The Google Drive folder is set up as a local drive on both machines and 
seems to work fine. I can copy and read files from it.  locally. I am 
using Git Bash on Windows. The command I am using to try and clone the 
repository on the Windows machine in Git Bash is:

git clone ~/Google\ Drive/git/ProjectFolder.git/
/

I get an error message stating that this does not appear to be a valid 
repository and to makes sure that I have the correct access rights. I 
get the same results using the git GUI in Windows.

This is the same folder I have no problem cloning on Linux

Also if I go into ProjectFolder.git in Git Bash and do a "git fetch" 
command I get the message that it is not a git repository. If I look at 
the ProjectFolder.git it looks like a git repository to me, ie. the file 
structure is correct. I also tried to copy the folder to somewhere else 
, ie. not on Google Drive and it gives the same result. Again that same 
repository clones perfectly on Linux so what gives, any thoughts?

Thanks,

Jim

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