Git clone unable to create file
git, git-clone
Solution
I guess you're probably trying to do the clone on a Windows machine. Windows doesn't allow filenames to use the `:` character.
From the Microsoft documentation:
Use any character in the current code page for a name, including Unicode characters and characters in the extended character set (128–255), except for the following:
- The following reserved characters:
- < (less than)
- > (greater than)
- : (colon)
- " (double quote)
- / (forward slash)
- \ (backslash)
- | (vertical bar or pipe)
- ? (question mark)
- * (asterisk)
- Integer value zero, sometimes referred to as the ASCII NUL character.
- Characters whose integer representations are in the range from 1 through 31, except for alternate data streams where these characters are allowed. For more information about file streams, see File Streams.
- Any other character that the target file system does not allow.
To work around this problem, you will probably need to clone on a non-windows system and correct the offending filenames. Maybe some of the windows experts out there will have a better solution.
Problem
Trying to clone a remote git repository (bare), I get several errors like the following, after which git stops. ``` error: unable to create file frozen/email/lamson/mymailserver/run/queue/mark.name/cur/1361115664.1929_1.vps-pool-55:2,S (Invalid argument) ``` It's okay if I have to remove these files, but I can't find a way to do that if I can't clone. Any idea what I can do?