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Development Tools Git Basics Working With Remote Repositories Cloning

Posted by hrg
hrg
7,936 Points

error: unknown switch `/'

Whether I use the Terminal on my Mac or the Treehouse Terminal, the result is the same. I enter exactly what he does and I get the error.

hrg
hrg
7,936 Points

I will answer this myself. I am SO used to the super fantastic screen resolution on my Chromebook, that I mistook the ~ for a - on my Macbook. I was typing: git clone -/my_file_name.

Hopefully, this will help someone else.

Melissa Hill
Melissa Hill
8,241 Points

Same here, I thought the tilda character was a dash.

The code should read: git remote add our_clone ~/our_clone_project/

Michael Metzger
Michael Metzger
11,983 Points

you actually don't need the ~/. It will work fine without it.

Andrew Gursky
Andrew Gursky
12,576 Points

THANK YOU:) I made the same mistake

Jose Gutiérrez
Jose Gutiérrez
9,370 Points

Thank you!!!!

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Jonathan Koefman
Jonathan Koefman
762 Points
Jonathan Koefman
Jonathan Koefman
762 Points

Me too! And thanks for taking the time to write it out