git error on aosp froyo source code

Question

I want to fetch the Froyo source code from aosp, but I get the following error:

fatal: Not a git repository: '/home/xxx/WORKING_DIRECTORY/.repo/projects/bootable/diskinstaller.git'
error: Cannot fetch platform/bootable/diskinstaller

What is wrong here?

Are there any non-ascii(created with --force-badname) characters in the "xxx" username? That may be a no go for git — artifex
– artifex, Commented Oct 25, 2011 at 12:20
I followed these instructions: source.android.com/source/downloading.html with branch -b froyo — sbo
– sbo, Commented Oct 25, 2011 at 12:21

patthoyts · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-25 15:20:29Z

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I have seen this myself recently. I went and deleted the .repo/projects/bootable/diskinstaller.git and tried again. After a few attempts it succeeded.

answered Oct 25, 2011 at 15:20

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sbo Over a year ago

this helped a little, but now repo syncs stops by 99%. Fetching projects: 99% (157/158)

sbo Over a year ago

when I run repo sync as root I'm able to fetch 100% but then there is an error message: fatal: This operation must be run in a work tree ... error.GitError: cannot initialize work tree

patthoyts Over a year ago

I suggest you now chown -R that directory to yourself then do repo sync. As it has already got the .repo cache, it should just checkout the working files then.

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