Cannot clone/ checkout successfully in widows 32 bit

[naleensub]

While cloning the repository, I get the message:

"error: unable to create file....No such file or directory
checking out files: 100%, done
fatal: Unable to checkout working tree
Warning: Clone succeeded, but checkout failed
You can inspect what was checked out with 'git status'
and retry the checkout with 'git checkout -f HEAD'"

Please help me.

[BillyP]

Hello Naleen, 

What steps are you taking to clone your repo?  

Are you using CLI or a GUI?

-Billy

[naleensub]

Hi Billy,

I am using the CLI (MINGW32) to clone the repo. However, GUI is also unable to clone it. I already tried.

Finally, it says:

"error: unable to create file....No such file or director

checking out files: 100%, done

fatal: Unable to checkout working tree

Warning: Clone succeeded, but checkout failed

You can inspect what was checked out with 'git status'

and retry the checkout with 'git checkout -f HEAD'"

[BillyP]

Hello Naleen, 

What do you get when you type 'git status' ?

Do you have write permissions on the directory you're trying to write to? 

-Billy 

[naleensub]

Hi Billy,

Yes, I have the permission in the directory.

When I use the 'git status' it shows the long list of the untracked files.

[BillyP]

Okay, so git status shows untracked files.  That's okay.  

Are you cloning into a clean directory?  If this is the 'git clone <git@repo>' then I'd try a wipe and reset.   

If you've created code and are trying to push it to the repo, you'll need to pull down first.  'git pull' to get the latest updates.

I'm thinking the next step is to try what it says to do 'git checkout -f HEAD' :)

[naleensub]

Hi Billy,

Yes, I am trying to clone into a clean directory with exactly 'git clone <git@repo>'.

[BillyP]

Okay, what happens when you 'git checkout -f HEAD' ?