Duy, Thanks for advice, here is the result of executing the lines you suggested: user1@Host1 MINGW64 ~/gitrepository (master) $ export GIT_TRACE=1 user1@Host1 MINGW64 ~/gitrepository (master) $ git clone -v ssh://user1@Host2/srv/centralrepo 12:33:47.928365 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'clone' '-v' 'ssh://user1@Host2/srv/centralrepo' Cloning into 'centralrepo'... 12:33:48.022110 run-command.c:343 trace: run_command: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\PuTTY\plink.exe' 'user1@Host2' 'git-upload-pack '\''/srv/centralrepo'\''' ##>>>Lines from $HOME/.bashrc (See below, removed here for clarity) + user1@Host2 git-upload-pack /srv/centralrepo bash: user1@Host2: command not found fatal: Could not read from remote repository. Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists. Regards, Fred freddiewik@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: Duy Nguyen [mailto:pclouds@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2016 4:36 AM To: Fred's Personal Cc: Git Mailing List Subject: Re: Trouble Cloning Git remote repository On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 6:03 AM, Fred's Personal <freddiewik@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > $ git clone -v ssh://user1@Host2/srv/centralrepo Cloning into > 'centralrepo'... >>>>Lines from $HOME/.bashrc > + export > PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr > /games > :/usr/local/games > + > PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr > /games > :/usr/local/games > + PROMPT_COMMAND= > + CDPATH= > + '[' '' = yes ']' > + PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u:\W\$ ' > + export GIT_TRACE_PACKET=1 > + GIT_TRACE_PACKET=1 > + export GIT_TRACE=1 > + GIT_TRACE=1 >>>>End of Lines from $HOME/.bashrc > ## WHERE DOES The following line COME FROM????What Script spits out > this line???? > + user1@Host2 git-upload-pack /srv/centralrepo Try set GIT_TRACE=1 at the clone line, I have a feeling that this line should be "ssh user@Host2..." but "ssh" is missing. $ export GIT_TRACE=1 $ git clone -v ssh://user1@Host2/srv/centralrepo -- Duy ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2016.0.7442 / Virus Database: 4537/11702 - Release Date: 02/26/16 -- 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