Error when attempting to clone the wiki in GitHub Desktop for Windows

[KVonGit]

[KVonGit]

It works using git in WSL, though.

kv@DESKTOP-FOOBAR2:/mnt/c/Users/kv/Documents/GitHub/QuestJS.wiki$ git clone https://github.com/ThePix/QuestJS.wiki.git
Cloning into 'QuestJS.wiki'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 7703, done.
remote: Total 7703 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 7703 (from 1)
Receiving objects: 100% (7703/7703), 1.70 MiB | 1.81 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (4863/4863), done.

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So, I'd bet it's a filename issue with Windows.

[KVonGit]

Can't have : in a Windows filename. That looks like the issue.

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[KVonGit]

I have renamed all the files and attached a ZIP of the entire wiki.

QuestJS.wiki.zip

[FloridaChristopher]

have you submitted a pull request for this?

[KVonGit]

Can we do that? Create a PR for the wiki?

I never even considered that, haha, but I sent a message to ThePix.

I just noticed I missed a file, too. Windows can't rename it without using WSL, even after it's downloaded in the zip. I'll fix that and upload it.

[TextMisadventures]

QuestJS.wiki.windows-safe-names.zip

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Rereading this:

Can we do that? Create a PR for the wiki?

I never even considered that, haha, but I sent a message to ThePix.

I see how it could be taken like I was being sarcastic, but I wasn't. :) I really didn't even think about it.

[ThePix]

I have gone through the Wiki and changed the filenames, and hopefully the links too. Could people check it now works when you download and also report any links that do not work.

[KVonGit]

? is an issue when I try now.

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Just found this:

https://docs.github.com/en/communities/documenting-your-project-with-wikis/adding-or-editing-wiki-pages#about-wiki-filenames

Don't use the following characters in your wiki page's titles: \ / : * ? " < > |. Users on certain operating systems won't be able to work with filenames containing these characters.