giter8 throws IllegalArgumentException: Invalid wildcards +refs/pull/*/head:refs/rem otes/origin/pr/*

Question

I have SBT, Scala, and giter8. When I type g8 on the command line it says that it's installed fine, but when I use it to set up a template from a GitHub repository, i.e.

g8 ajhager/libgdx-sbt-project

it throws the following exception:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid wildcards +refs/pull/*/head:refs/remotes/origin/pr/*
        at org.eclipse.jgit.transport.RefSpec.<init>(RefSpec.java:142)
        at org.eclipse.jgit.transport.RemoteConfig.<init>(RemoteConfig.java:176)
        at org.eclipse.jgit.api.CloneCommand.fetch(CloneCommand.java:151)
        at org.eclipse.jgit.api.CloneCommand.call(CloneCommand.java:121)
        at giter8.Apply$class.clone(apply.scala:73)
        at giter8.Giter8.clone(giter8.scala:3)
        at giter8.Apply$class.inspect(apply.scala:33)
        at giter8.Giter8.inspect(giter8.scala:3)
        at giter8.Apply$class.inspect(apply.scala:46)
        at giter8.Giter8.inspect(giter8.scala:3)
        at giter8.Giter8$$anonfun$2.apply(giter8.scala:19)
        at giter8.Giter8$$anonfun$2.apply(giter8.scala:18)
        at scala.Option.map(Option.scala:133)
        at giter8.Giter8.run(giter8.scala:18)
        at giter8.Giter8.run(giter8.scala:10)
        at giter8.Giter8.run(giter8.scala:3)
        at xsbt.boot.Launch$$anonfun$run$1.apply(Launch.scala:57)
        at xsbt.boot.Launch$.withContextLoader(Launch.scala:77)
        at xsbt.boot.Launch$.run(Launch.scala:57)
        at xsbt.boot.Launch$$anonfun$explicit$1.apply(Launch.scala:45)
        at xsbt.boot.Launch$.launch(Launch.scala:65)
        at xsbt.boot.Launch$.apply(Launch.scala:16)
        at xsbt.boot.Boot$.runImpl(Boot.scala:32)
        at xsbt.boot.Boot$.main(Boot.scala:21)
        at xsbt.boot.Boot.main(Boot.scala)
Error during sbt execution: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid wildcard
s +refs/pull/*/head:refs/remotes/origin/pr/*

What's causing it? I use PowerShell, and just trying to get a libgdx sbt project set up.

Answer 1

It may be that the environment(s) - Git Shell / PowerShell - you execute g8 in interferes and hence the error.

Execute g8 in cmd on Windows so no git-related configurations would come into effect.