Why is git clone not working on MacOS Big Sur?

Asked Mar 11 '21 at 02:48

Active Mar 11 '21 at 03:08

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After upgrading to Big Sur, git clone (using git version 2.30.2) no longer works.

When I enter the command git clone ... it outputs this:

Cloning into 'git'...
fatal: --stdin requires a git repository.
fatal: index-pack failed.

An adding the verbose flag doesn't help much

$ git clone ... -v
Cloning into 'git'...
POST git-upload-pack (164 bytes)
POST git-upload-pack (gzip 40602 to 20426 bytes)
fatal: --stdin requires a git repository
fatal: index-pack failed

However, the other standard git commands, like push, diff, add, commit, status, etc, still work fine.

The only thing I've found online relates to git on Windows, but I don't think it's the same issue. Please help!

Before upgrading to Big Sur, git clone worked fine. I'm wondering if a dependency might have been updated/changed/removed during the upgrade.

edited Mar 11 '21 at 03:08

asked Mar 11 '21 at 02:48

fitzypop

try uninstalling and reinstalling it – GokulnathP Mar 11 '21 at 02:51
did that, didn't work. – fitzypop Mar 11 '21 at 02:52
is only git clone is not working? – GokulnathP Mar 11 '21 at 03:00
try cloning over ssh. – Saqib Mar 11 '21 at 03:04
@GokulnathP yes, all other porcelain commands work fine. I haven't tried plumbing commands. – fitzypop Mar 11 '21 at 03:05
@Saqib it doesn't matter if it's https or ssh, I get the same error either way. – fitzypop Mar 11 '21 at 03:05
I faced the same issue, ssh + restart resolved it. – Saqib Mar 11 '21 at 03:07
@Saqib didn't work for me – fitzypop Mar 11 '21 at 03:14
Where are you getting this version of git from? – CryptoFool Mar 11 '21 at 03:18
Hold on, looks like there's a minor patch update for Big Sur. Let's see if this fixes anything. – fitzypop Mar 11 '21 at 03:30
Could we see `cd` output and complete `git clone` command? – matt Mar 11 '21 at 03:37
Updating didn't fix the problem, but looks cloning works with the github desktop app. This kind of works, for now... – fitzypop Mar 11 '21 at 04:09
Use git clone to clone a remote repository. The command by itself is useless. Ex: `git clone https://github.com/user/repo/` – Richard Barber Mar 11 '21 at 18:45
Thanks, but I know how git clone works. The `...` in my post is a placeholder for any repo. It doesn't matter what repo I clone, or whether it's over https or ssh, I get that error. – fitzypop Mar 12 '21 at 16:14
@langnostic Did you ever find a solution for this? I'm running into this now, and it's maddening. – ffxsam May 31 '21 at 18:29
I'm running into the same issue. I even tried to uninstall and reinstall xcode command line tools – David Jul 23 '21 at 01:56

Why is git clone not working on MacOS Big Sur?

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