github/git Checkout Returns 'error: invalid path' on Windows

Solution 1:

After I opened an issue on the git-for-windows bug tracker (https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/2803), I found that my issue had already been filed as https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/2777. That issue suggested that I need to set another git flag:

git config core.protectNTFS false

This (#2777) indeed contains a bypass for the my problem. I hope the git or git-for-windows (who were very responsive) come up with a better warning message, or even a true fix like a filepath mapping scheme.

Note that this is only an issue when using sparse-checkout with windows.

Solution 2:

I have experienced a similar problem, trying to checkout a repository from GitHub that contained files with a ":" in the name, on a Windows. (example file name that caused the problem: "test-img.jpg:Zone.Identifier"). The repo downloaded, but the files were not showing up in the folder.

I found that running git config core.protectNTFS false solved my issue, but only if I took some steps before and after running it. The entire process went like so:

1. Clone the Git repository locally;
2. 'cd' into the local Git repository folder that has just been cloned;
3. Run git reset
4. Run git config core.protectNTFS false
5. Run git checkout (just git checkout, no * at the end of command).

After that, I could see the files. Granted, some extra things downloaded from Git that are usually omitted, but it wasn't a big deal in my case.

Solution 3:

In our case there was a filename aux.go and windows doesn't allow the creation of a file that has the word aux

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