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@xxxxxxxxxx: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 <hocapitocheteamo@xxxxxxxxx> To: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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@xxxxxxxxxx: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 <j.sixt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: Hocapito Cheteamo <hocapitocheteamo@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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@xxxxxxxxxx: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@xxxxxxxxxx:XXX/YYY.git git fetch git checkout -b master origin/master Do you see any errors? -- Hannes -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html