Nevermind, this is does not happen in 2.18.0. Apparently it was fixed somewhere between 2.11 and 2.18. > On 16 Aug 2018, at 15:08, Agis <agis.anast@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello. > > I've recently observed the following: > > $ mkdir foo > $ # try to clone from a repository that you have no access to > $ git clone git@xxxxxxxxxx:agis/private.git foo > Cloning into 'foo'... > Permission denied (publickey). > fatal: Could not read from remote repository. > > Please make sure you have the correct access rights > and the repository exists. > $ ls foo > ls: cannot access 'foo': No such file or directory > > Is this expected behavior? > > Thanks in advance, > Agis > > P.S. If this is something that should be fixed, I'd be happy to prepare a patch >