I'm using Windows 8, 64bit - I recently installed Git to use it on this computer. However, it is not possible to clone any repository. It exits with the message:
$ git clone ssh://me@some.address.com/some/git/repository.git
Cloning into 'repository'...
error: Unable to create c:/Users/Danyel/workspace/repository/.git/HEAD
When I open cmd as Administrator and try the same command, it succeeds (cmd as normal user fails just like with Git Bash):
C:\Users\Danyel\workspace>git clone ssh://me@some.address.com/some/git/repository.git
Cloning into 'repository'...
remote: Counting objects: 221, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (195/195), done.
remote: Total 221 (delta 34), reused 167 (delta 15)
Receiving objects: 100% (221/221), 9.23 MiB | 1.38 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (34/34), done.
Checking connectivity... done
I'm using this version of Git: Git-1.8.4-preview20130916
Any help or clues are welcome! I have checked for the permissions and have ownership in parent folders ("repository", ".git"). What else can it be??
Edit:
The GIT_TRACE option did not give any clue about it either:
$ GIT_TRACE=2 git clone ssh://me@some.address.com/some/git/repository.git
trace: built-in: git 'clone' 'ssh://me@some.address.com/some/git/repository.git'
Cloning into 'repository'...
error: Unable to create c:/Users/Danyel/Desktop/repository/.git/HEAD