Problem with cloning on Windows
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I can't clone the repository on Windows without problems. :-(
There is an Carriage Return character (%0D) at the end of the Icon file name:
https://github.com/aik099/PhpStormProtocol/blob/master/PhpStorm%20Protocol.app/Icon%0D <--
Is that intended?
Windows has problems with such "special characters" in filenames.
GitHub doesn't display it.
Is the Icon file needed at all? It has no content.
It has content, when viewed on Mac. It's not needed for Windows.
Can't download a tarball instead (zipped git clone)?
No. Need to clone to update/rebase my fork.
I have no idea how this can be fixed. Maybe Google knows. Maybe you can search for that error you're getting during clone. I don't think Git doesn't like empty files in general, but maybe it has having problems detecting file type or something else in that file.
>git clone https://github.com/King2500/PhpStormProtocol.git
Cloning into 'PhpStormProtocol'...
remote: Counting objects: 85, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (5/5), done.
remote: Total 85 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 80
Unpacking objects: 100% (85/85), done.
(Invalid argument)eate file PhpStorm Protocol.app/Icon
Git isn't able to save the file on Windows systems, since such a character is not allowed on Windows filesystem.
Internet says delete the Icon file or use a Mac (which I can't).
I went another way, by sending a pull-request to my fork and merge the changes from your repos.
In the end I want to make this pull-request, which now includes an additional "merge" commit:
https://github.com/aik099/PhpStormProtocol/compare/master...King2500:King2500-patch-1?expand=1
Is that a problem for you?
The file was named Icon\r and I've tested that after it was removed Mac app was working too and icon was showing. I've made a commit. Now you shouldn't have any issues with cloning/rebasing/etc. Please send appropriate PR and I'll review it.
This article helped me to remove it: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22589978/remove-weird-iconr-file-from-staging