msys git causing "fatal: Unable to create 'c:/xxx/.git/refs/remotes/origin/"failed-to-sent".lock ': Invalid argument" error

Question

I have git version 1.9.5.msysgit.0 installed with proper configuration but still getting this error while pulling code?

I tried git pull on develop branch

fatal: Unable to create 'c:/xxxx/.git/refs/remotes/origin/"failed-to-sent".lock
': Invalid argument
Unexpected end of command stream

But when I do git pull origin develop, everything is fine.

Any thoughts , why ?

Have a look at [this SO post](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13065572/git-pull-errors). — Tim Biegeleisen, Jul 06 '15 at 07:18
@VonC :- it's showing many branches. I think merged branches in develop — Swapnil Kotwal, Jul 06 '15 at 07:27

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 06 '15 at 08:49

The quote character isn't a valid file path for Windows; you have named your origin "failed-to-sent" (presumably instead of failed-to-sent) and as such the Git command won't be able to save any files associated with that origin. You can fix this with a git origin --rename command, or you can just edit the .git/config file to fix the typo in there instead.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 27 '18 at 12:46

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DELETE THAT BRANCH -> git push origin --delete \"failed-to-sent\"

answered Jul 27 '18 at 12:46

Yuvaraj P

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msys git causing "fatal: Unable to create 'c:/xxx/.git/refs/remotes/origin/"failed-to-sent".lock ': Invalid argument" error

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