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    <p>I am attempting to clone a git repository. The clone fails with the following message: </p> <pre><code>Untracked working tree file ... would be overwritten by merge. </code></pre> <p>I have run <code>git clean</code> on all of the branches; none have untracked files.<br> The file which is labeled untracked is only used in the branch I am currently working in and it is tracked. </p> <p>Also, when I checkout the main branch and then checkout the branch I was originally working on, I the checkout succeeds but prints the name of the supposedly untracked file. Any ideas what this means?</p> <pre><code>Checking out files: 100% (477/477), done. M path-to-file-idenetified-as-untracked Switched to branch "Original_branch_name" </code></pre> <p>How can I get clone to work? </p> <p>I have read about cloning. I am making a clone because I want to share this with someone else who doesn't currently have the reposoitory.</p> <p>Here is what I entered, slightly edited. For example, I did several commands to cd, which are not shown. </p> <pre><code>$ git clone app.git clone/app.git Initialized empty Git repository in /cygdrive/c/clone/app.git/.git/ error: Untracked working tree file 'C:/app.git/include/template/foo.xml' would be overwritten by merge. $ git status # On branch GT nothing to commit (working directory clean) $ git rm include/template/foo.xml rm 'include/template/foo.xml' $ git commit -m "Removed include/template/foo.xml because clone was failing with the message untracked working tree file would be overwritten by merge " [GT]: created 77ca4ec: "Removed include/template/foo.xml because clone was failing with the message untracked working tree file would be overwritten by merge " 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 89 deletions(-) delete mode 100755 include/template/foo.xml $ git clone app.git clone/app.git Initialized empty Git repository in /cygdrive/c/clone/app.git/.git/ Checking out files: 100% (522/522), done. $ git commit -m "Added file deleted in previous commit after successfully cloning repository with file deleted" [GT]: created f3eb7e8: "Added file deleted in previous commit after successfully cloning repository with file deleted" 1 files changed, 89 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100755 include/template/foo.xml $ git clone app.git clone2/app.git Initialized empty Git repository in /cygdrive/c/clone2/app.git/.git/ error: Untracked working tree file 'C://app.git/include/template/foo.xml' would be overwritten by merge. </code></pre>
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    1. COAre you sure you mean 'git clone'? Can you post what commands you are trying to run when you get these errors?
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    2. COJust updated my answer with a setting to check.
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    3. COYou shouldn't ever need to `clone` twice; `clone` creates a new local repository based on a remote one. Once you have a repo, you pull changes in using `git pull`, or `git fetch` followed by `git merge`. So we can understand the problem you're having, can you edit your question and post the exact commands that you are running?
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