[HBASE-25503] HBase code download is failing on windows with invalid path error

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0-alpha-1, 2.5.0, 2.4.1
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Mohammad Arshad
• Reporter: Mohammad Arshad
• Created: 13/Jan/21 15:47
• Updated: 15/Jan/21 02:29
• Resolved: 13/Jan/21 17:52

Description

git pull command is failing with "error: invalid path"

Host1 MINGW64 /d/hbase (master)
$ git pull
error: invalid path 'dev-support/design-docs/HBASE-18070-ROOT_hbase:meta_Region_Replicas.pdf'
Updating 2e96a5b2d3..dfefff7e59

This problem is coming only on windows machines. Tried on windows 7 and windows 10 both have problem. Searched on net, seems no any easy solution.

Problem is because file HBASE-18070-ROOT_hbase:meta_Region_Replicas.pdf has colon in its name.

To fix the problem we should remove the colon : from file name

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #2880