for any others, the problem was solved by doing the following ... git clone git://repo.or.cz/org-mode.git I replaced the string "http" with "git" I removed the "/w" part in the path... Jose Robins wrote: > I tried to get the git repo by cloning and I got the following error. > I'm just getting into git as well... So what am I doing wrong? > > Thanks, > > > > git clone http://repo.or.cz/w/org-mode.git org-repo > Initialized empty Git repository in /mnt/users/jrobins/src/org-repo/.git/ > error: Could not interpret response from server ' encoding="utf-8"?> > "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> > /users/jrobins/apps/bin/git-clone: line 474: cd: > /mnt/users/jrobins/src/org-repo/.git/refs/remotes/origin: No such file > or directory > Warning: Remote HEAD refers to nonexistent ref, unable to checkout. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode >