I'm getting this error on a fresh install of git version 2.16.2.windows.1: fatal: UriFormatException encountered. queryUrl See this post I found, https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48775400/git-fatal-uriformatexception-encountered-actualurl for more details. Note that the latest comments are mine, and describe the conditions on which I first saw the problem. I'll warn you, it's weird. Thank you, John Chesshir P.S. I also found this older post, which appears related, but has clearly been fixed: https://superuser.com/questions/1114193/when-cloning-on-with-git-bash-on-windows-getting-fatal-uriformatexception-enco. ; Include just in case that helps get closer to the latest problem.