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Asked: 2026-05-16T11:37:44+00:00

ssh: Could not resolve hostname C: hostname nor servname provided, or not known fatal:

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ssh: Could not resolve hostname C: hostname nor servname provided, or not known
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly ?

ive set up a git repo useing –bare ( i even dont know what it mean )
im following the Using Git and Dropbox together effectively? and when i do

$ git clone C:\Users\DAMS\Documents\My Dropbox\Projects\RED.git

or

$ git clone C:/Users/DAMS/Documents/My Dropbox/Projects/RED.git

even this ( diffrent error )

$ git clone /C/Users/DAMS/Documents/My Dropbox/Projects/RED.git
fatal: Could not switch to '/C/Users/DAMS/Documents': No such file or directory

it somehow give me a error. ( btw im useing cygwin on windows )

Thanks

Adam Ramadhan

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  1. Editorial Team

    try:

    $ git clone "/cygdrive/c/Users/DAMS/Documents/My Dropbox/Projects/RED.git"

    You’re not escaping the space in “My Dropbox”, which splits the content into multiple argunemts to git. using the c: specification causes it to use ssh to access a host called ‘c’

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