[GTALUG] Difference with Git in Windows vs Linux

[Bob Jonkman]

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Looks like an invalid character (a space) in a Windows file name.

But I've only used git on Windows with some graphical tool, and
haven't actually run into this problem myself.

- --Bob.


On 2017-06-17 03:03 AM, Jim Ruxton via talk wrote:
> 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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