Windows: can't clone repository because of reserved file name

[TheLonelyAdventurer]

As per https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/naming-a-file , there are limitations on file & directory names.

In particular, when cloning from Windows:

git clone https://github.com/DrewThomasson/ebook2audiobook.git
Cloning into 'ebook2audiobook'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 2532, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (614/614), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (260/260), done.
remote: Total 2532 (delta 468), reused 363 (delta 354), pack-reused 1918 (from 2)
Receiving objects: 100% (2532/2532), 202.82 MiB | 6.39 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (1311/1311), done.
error: invalid path 'voices/con/adult/female/.gitkeep'
fatal: unable to checkout working tree
warning: Clone succeeded, but checkout failed.
You can inspect what was checked out with 'git status'
and retry with 'git restore --source=HEAD :/'

The path contains the reserved word "con" which cannot be used.

I'd suggest renaming the folder to something else

[ROBERT-MCDOWELL]

"con" is a iso-3 language, I had to run a command to bypass this limitation on windows but don't recall it.
let me search back...

[ROBERT-MCDOWELL]

I will modify the "con" folder to "con-" for this language to the next update today or tomorrow so you won't have this issue anymore

[smallbutfine]

For these kind of problems, it is possible to clone and checkout in WSL ('Linux subsystem'), worked with Debian in Win10, the folder will be created.

[LexiconCode]

All Right, here is what the error may look like for someone else.

"C:\Program Files\Git\bin\git.exe" checkout -B "main" "up/main"
error: invalid path 'voices/con/adult/female/.gitkeep'
error: invalid path 'voices/con/adult/male/.gitkeep'
error: invalid path 'voices/con/child/female/.gitkeep'
error: invalid path 'voices/con/child/male/.gitkeep'
error: invalid path 'voices/con/elder/female/.gitkeep'
error: invalid path 'voices/con/elder/male/.gitkeep'
error: invalid path 'voices/con/teen/female/.gitkeep'
error: invalid path 'voices/con/teen/male/.gitkeep'
Done

[ROBERT-MCDOWELL]

this is a duplicate of #126
fixed in the next git update and release tomorrow

[LexiconCode]

@ROBERT-MCDOWELL
FYI #126 references this issue so it's not duplicate. Hopefully this issue can be reopened until there's confirmed commit to resolve the issue.

[ROBERT-MCDOWELL]

@LexiconCode v2.1.0 update/release is on rails with the fix.