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Clone Git repo produces NullPointerException [message #1814263]

Sat, 07 September 2019 00:15

David A

Messages: 3
Registered: September 2019

Junior Member

I am getting an error trying to clone a GitHub repo. I generated an RSA key in Eclipse and added it to my private keys in Eclipse. I entered the public key in GitHub.

I go to my GitHub project's web page and click the clone icon and copy the URL for the SSH protocol.

Back in eclipse, I click on "Clone a Git Repository" and the URL from my clipboard is in there. I accept the defaults and click Next. After a moment, it shows the branches (development and master), so I'm assuming I have successfully connected to my GitHub and have signs of life, right?

I leave both branches checked (the default) and click Next. I choose a directory and otherwise accept the defaults, and click Finish. I immediately get a popup dialog saying 'Cloning from git@{URL}:{organization}/{project}.git' has encountered a problem. java.lang.NullPointerException.

The details only say "java.lang.NullPointerException"

Any idea how to solve this?

Further info:
-- Windows 10
-- Eclipse is eclipse-java-2019-06-R-win32-x86_64, downloaded just today.
-- We are running a GitHub enterprise server. I connected to it fine from an old laptop, but a new one is giving me fits.
-- I do not have a problem cloning with git clone at the Git Bash command line using the same SSH key.
-- When I try "Add an existing local Git repository" with the repo I cloned, I walk through the wizard and nothing happens. No errors, repo list still empty.

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Re: Clone Git repo produces NullPointerException [message #1814394 is a reply to message #1814263]

Tue, 10 September 2019 20:42

Thomas Wolf

Messages: 576
Registered: August 2016

Senior Member

David A wrote on Sat, 07 September 2019 00:15

After a moment, it shows the branches (development and master), so I'm assuming I have successfully connected to my GitHub and have signs of life, right?

Right.
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I immediately get a popup dialog saying 'Cloning from git@{URL}:{organization}/{project}.git' has encountered a problem. java.lang.NullPointerException.

Anything in the Eclipse log (in your workspace, under .metadata)?
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Any idea how to solve this?

Absent more information, not really. Only suggestion: install the newest EGit nightly. Maybe that might help.

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Re: Clone Git repo produces NullPointerException [message #1816386 is a reply to message #1814263]

Mon, 28 October 2019 21:42

David A

Messages: 3
Registered: September 2019

Junior Member

Good old Windows. I tried rebooting during troubleshooting this process, but that didn't solve my problem. I had a Windows update shortly after posting this, I rebooted, and suddenly this problem went away and hasn't come back. Very strange...

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Re: Clone Git repo produces NullPointerException [message #1816387 is a reply to message #1814263]

Mon, 28 October 2019 21:46

David A

Messages: 3
Registered: September 2019

Junior Member

After posting this, I set it aside for a few days. In the meantime, I had installed some Windows updates and rebooted. When I picked it back up, the error was no longer occurring and I haven't seen it since.

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