fatal: '\\\\SONIC\\monkey\\sites\\kpuc.local\\.git' does not appear to be a git repository

[UTAN dev]

On Windows 10, I'm trying to add a remote located on my Linux laptop. I can see the repo in Windows Explorer at \\SONIC\monkey\sites\kpuc.local\.git , but when I try adding the remote (using \\\\SONIC\\monkey\\sites\\kpuc.local\\.git as a path) and fetching, I get the following output:

git -c diff.mnemonicprefix=false -c core.quotepath=false fetch local_on_Sonic
fatal: '\\\\SONIC\\monkey\\sites\\kpuc.local\\.git' does not appear to be a git repository
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.


Completed with errors, see above.

• My previous SSH key was 1023 bits long; seems like SourceTree wants keys longer than that, so I generated a new key and exported it in OpenSSH format.
• I added the new public key to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on the Linux laptop.
• In the terminal, I confirmed that the new key works:

$ ssh -i /c/Users/MYUSER/.ssh/dell-no-passphrase-openssh-2048-bits monkey@sonic

Welcome to Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.4.0-97-generic x86_64)

# etc.

monkey@Sonic:~$ 

• I added the new private key, in OpenSSH format, to SourceTree. Its SSH Key setting now reads "C:\Users\MYUSER\.ssh\id_rsa;C:\Users\MYUSER\.ssh\dell-no-passphrase-openssh-2048-bits". (The first key is for another repo)
• SourceTree is using the OpenSSH client, but I even added the new private key to Pageant, just in case.
• I got the same result as before.
•  I entered the SourceTree terminal to do some debugging:

# Repo path removed from $ prompt

$ eval `ssh-agent -s`

Agent pid 9364

$ ssh-add -l

The agent has no identities.

$ ssh-add /c/Users/MYUSER/.ssh/dell-no-passphrase-openssh-2048-bits

Identity added: /c/Users/MYUSER/.ssh/dell-no-passphrase-openssh-2048-bits (/c/Users/MYUSER/.ssh/dell-no-passphrase-openssh-2048-bits)

$ git -c diff.mnemonicprefix=false -c core.quotepath=false fetch local_on_Sonic

fatal: '\\\\SONIC\\monkey\\sites\\kpuc.local\\.git' does not appear to be a git repository

fatal: Could not read from remote repository.



Please make sure you have the correct access rights

and the repository exists.

$ git remote -v

# (excerpt)

local_on_Sonic \\\\SONIC\\monkey\\sites\\kpuc.local\\.git (fetch)

local_on_Sonic \\\\SONIC\\monkey\\sites\\kpuc.local\\.git (push)

I'm not sure what to do at this point. Thanks for your help.

[UTAN dev · Accepted solution]

It's a workaround, not a solution, but manually editing the remote URL from:

    \\\\SONIC\\monkey\\sites\\kpuc.local\\.git

to:

    //SONIC/monkey/sites/kpuc.local/.git

worked.