Using git:// urls after a windows install

[Daniel Giles Helm]

So I was trying to initialize a hobo application in rails (http://www.hobocentral.net/) and if fails when it gets to a gem that it tries to pull from github using the git:// protocol. After lots of different routes of installing it anyway, I'm just left frustrated. I eventually came back to why it wasn't working when it seemed to work for everyone else, and I'm curious if a standard windows 8 install of the latest version of railsinstaller ought to be working with git:// urls. I can't even do a stardard clone through a the git protocol, I merely get the error:

Cloneing into 'phonegap-start'...
fatal: write error: Invalid argument

Https works just fine. Am I missing something? Is this a known problem with windows?

Daniel
Rails 3.2.13
ruby 1.9.3p392

 give 1.8.1.msysgit.1

[Evan Machnic]

What does the Gemfile look like as well the version of Bundler?

Evan

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[Daniel Giles Helm]

Well in the case of that error, there is no gemfile for the project, as I'm looking to start one via clone. For Hobo it's just the base gem file that if not identical, looks quite similar to this: https://github.com/ciban/hobo-test-app/blob/master/Gemfile

As for my version of bundler, it's 1.3.4.

[Evan Machnic]

Are you using Command Prompt or msysgit? Can you run `git init` from a folder to make sure everything is working properly?

Evan

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[Daniel Giles Helm]

I've used the command prompt, the command prompt rails installer provides and the windows powershell that the "git shell" uses. And yes, git init works fine, as well as any other git command I've tried. It seems more like a problem with the git protocol urls, since I can clone the exact same repo if I use an https:// or http:// url. I've also tried on at least three different networks, but I'm afraid git or my windows environment doesn't know even how to parse the git:// url since it isn't a host not found error, but rather a "fatal: write error: Invalid argument" problem.

Daniel

[Daniel Giles Helm]

Oh, I've also tried the GitBash "MINGW32" unix style terminal. Same errors.

[Evan Machnic]

Daniel,

This may just be an issue with Windows 8 and SSH or the port that Git is using some other protocol. Using git:// URLs typically works fine. We tried on a fresh-and-so-clean-clean Windows 8 environment and didn't have any issues.

May try removing everything and starting over but not sure on this.

Evan

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On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 12:27 PM, Daniel Giles Helm <dan....@gmail.com> wrote:

Oh, I've also tried the GitBash "MINGW32" unix style terminal. Same errors.

[Will Luongo]

Hi Daniel, I've got an Windows 8 machine that I am running railsinstaller on, and I wasn't able to reproduce this issue with the git protocol. Could we please have the complete output including the commands you run when it gives you the error?

[Daniel Giles Helm]

Well, unfortunately, I don't have much more info to give and perhaps the mystery will remain. Will, the full command and output is:

C:\Sites>git clone git://github.com/rails/rails.git
Cloning into 'rails'...

fatal: write error: Invalid argument

Using the -v doesn't change the output. I've tried reinstalling and it works fine in a virtual machine I setup of CentOS, so it's not my network. I guess I'll try a fresh install of everything git, ruby and rails related and see if anything helps it.