How to resolve Git error: "Couldn't create temporary repository"

Question

I am extremely new to the concept of Git. I installed the Git plugin for Eclipse and I'm now trying to clone a one year old Eclipse project.

First, I was getting an error saying:

Cannot list the available branches.
Reason-Exception caught during execution of ls-remote command.

I solved that by doing some ssh-related property changes.

Now I am getting an error saying,

Couldn't create temporary repository.

How can I resolve this problem?

Answer 1

Assuming that you are on windows: Try to delete file C:/Documents and Settings/[username]/.gitconfig.