error: "fatal: I don't handle protocol ``git` when using bundle install

Question

I have the following line in my GemFile :

gem 'rails', :git => 'git://github.com/rails/rails.git'

I get the following error:

Fetching git://github.com/rails/rails.git
fatal: I don't handle protocol ''git'
Git error: command `git clone 'git://github.com/rails/rails.git'...

but when I run gem install 'rails' it works fine.

basically when running the clone command, bundler adds the single quotes around the git:// address which throws the error.

I am working on windows. Any ideas why I am getting this error?

Cheers

The error of duplicate single quotes is real. [See here](https://gist.github.com/1001422) — Sig. Tolleranza, Jun 02 '11 at 13:37

Jits · Answer 1 · 2011-06-02T13:44:47.827

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Try this instead in your Gemfile:

gem 'rails', :git => "https://github.com/rails/rails.git"

git:// can sometimes be blocked by firewalls. Though in your case that's probably not the issue. Try double quotes instead.

edited Jun 02 '11 at 13:44

answered Jun 02 '11 at 13:33

Jits

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 02 '11 at 13:52

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It's the issue with the newer version of the Bundler 1.0.14.

I needed to revert to 1.0.13 to make it work. They apparently had some issues dealing with escape characters in Windows.

answered Jun 02 '11 at 13:52

neebz

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