Unable to git clone

Question

I want to clone repository by using following command.

 git clone https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/tools/depot_tools.git

I have got following error with this command.

dev@ubuntu:/a/WebRtc/Tools$ 
dev@ubuntu:/a/WebRtc/Tools$git clone https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/tools/depot_tools.git
Cloning into 'depot_tools'...
fatal: 'origin' does not appear to be a git repository
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.
dev@ubuntu:/a/WebRtc/Tools$

this is the link of the screenshot

I have tried this in following ways:

Update git version.
Try with Ubuntu 15.10 and 14.04.4.
Try same command in windows machine, it working.

Thanks for the comment. I have tried it, but still not working. — dileepa dharmasiri, Mar 22 '16 at 09:14
Can you browse https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/tools/depot_tools.git in we browser (lynx / links) on this machine? — DevilaN, Mar 22 '16 at 09:16
Have you tried without the .git at the end? `git clone https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/tools/depot_tools` — CodeWizard, Mar 22 '16 at 09:18

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

Such an error message during a clone (not a push or pull) indicates that git is not able to properly create the local repo.
See for instance "Cannot git clone to VMWare shared folder", where the impossibility to create hard-link was problematic.

Check:

if your user has the right to create file/symlink/hardlink, or
if there is some kind apparmor policy which would prevent/limit the creation of files in your setup, or
if /a/WebRTC is a mounted folder with restricted rights

Unable to git clone

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