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Balázs Szántó
Balázs Szántó

Reputation: 1500

Can't clone git repo on windows when some file names contain asterisk

I have files with the following name in my repository:

*.example.com.crt

The thing is that I can't clone the repository on windows.

error: unable to create file *.example.com.crt (Invalid argument) Checking out files: 100% (6122/6122), done. fatal: unable to checkout working tree warning: Clone succeeded, but checkout failed.

Do you know any workaround for that?

Upvotes: 7

Views: 3370

Answers (2)

Pavel Jiránek
Pavel Jiránek

Reputation: 21

There is a workaround if your repository is on GitHub, you can launch Visual Studio Code IDE right in the browser. Just open your repository in GitHub and press .. In the browser, you should be able to modify even the files with asterisks in their filenames.

Upvotes: 0

John Szakmeister
John Szakmeister

Reputation: 47022

Unfortunately, no. Windows disallows certain characters in the filename, and Git will support just about anything, so it's up to you to manage it. I think your best solution is to simply rename the file.

Personally, I'd avoid using * in a filename anyways, since it's a glob character.

Upvotes: 9

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