windows git https clone through proxy server failed to write files

Question

In the process of cloning a repo through my company proxy server through sysinternal I can see the it tried to write the git repository but failed. However, the .git directory was created but mostly with empty directories.

I have set up my proxy server configuration with " git config --globlal http.proxy ... " and " git config --global https.proxy ... ".
Since I connected to git (I was prompted to enter my account/password), I know the proxy setup works.

From Sysinternal I can see the errors as

Query Open C:\Users\myUser\https:\github.com\myGitAccount\source.git\.git  FAST IO DISALLOWED
CreateFile C:\Users\myUser\https:\github.com\myGitAccount\source.git\.git NAME INVALID Denied Access: Read Attributes. Disposition:

Github verified that the repo is fine.

Answer 1

A git clone for an https accessed GitHub repo should be:

git clone https://github.com/aUserName/aRepoName.git

And it should takes place in a session where HOME is defined if you want to cache your GitHub credentials, as mentioned in " Git - How to use .netrc file on windows to save user and password ".

For the proxy, see also " Syncing with github ".