IntelliJ Idea & Github: Clone Failed

Question

Yesterday, when I tried to pull from github repository using IntelliJ Idea, it returned me the following error:

Clone Failed. Cannot fork() for git-remote-https: Resource temporarily unavailable.

When I use git from command prompt or from another IDE (like Netbeans), everything is OK. Can you help me?

OS: Windows 10 1511 x64. Git: 2.5.3 cygwin64. Idea: 15.0.2 Ultimate.

Answer 1

Cygwin's forking issue is detailed here

To summarize the fix, try executing the following after closing Intellij AND after making sure that there are no other cygwin processes running:

$CYGWIN_HOME\bin\dash.exe -c '/usr/bin/rebaseall -v'

Also, you might need to install the rebase package by executing Cygwin's setup.exe if you haven't already got it. In this case, the steps are:

a. Install the Cygwin rebase package (if necessary)  
b. shutdown all Cygwin processes  
c. execute the command listed above

This problem has been reported before on the Cygwin mailing list: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2015-10/msg00269.html , however read through the linked discussion only if the summarized instructions do not fix your problem

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How to make sure that there are no Cygwin processes running?

Use Sysinternal's Process explorer as follows:

Microsoft/SysInternals Process Explorer - Go to Find > Find Handle or DLL. In the "Handle or DLL substring:" text box, type the path to the file (eg "C:\\path\\to\\file.txt") and click "Search".