error: cannot run ssh: No such file or directory when trying to clone on windows

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Malloc picture Malloc · Sep 24, 2012 · Viewed 68.6k times · Source

I am trying to clone on windows a remote repository, so when i did this:

git clone [email protected]:organization/xxx.git

I got this error:

error: cannot run ssh: No such file or directory
fatal: unable to fork

Am i missing something ? Thanx in advance.

Answer

Mark picture Mark · Sep 24, 2012

You don't have ssh installed (or don't have it within your search path).

You can clone from github via http, too:

git clone http://github.com/organization/xxx

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