Cygwin Git can clone with Unix form paths: $ git clone git://github.com/benhoyt/goawk /tmp/goawk Cloning into '/tmp/goawk'... remote: Enumerating objects: 330, done.
However it fails with Windows form: $ git clone git://github.com/benhoyt/goawk 'C:\cygwin64\tmp\goawk' Cloning into 'C:\cygwin64\tmp\goawk'... fatal: Invalid path '/home/Steven/C:\cygwin64\tmp\goawk': No such file or directory and mixed form: $ git clone git://github.com/benhoyt/goawk C:/cygwin64/tmp/goawk fatal: Invalid path '/home/Steven/C:/cygwin64': No such file or directory Note that other Cygwin programs work fine with these forms: $ ls 'C:\cygwin64' bin Cygwin.ico dev home sbin usr Cygwin.bat Cygwin-Terminal.ico etc lib tmp var This causes problems for any non-Cygwin tools that might call Git: http://github.com/golang/go/issues/23155 -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
