Git Clone working sporadically on my system

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Hello everyone, this is my first post on here.

I have previously used Endeavour os with dwm and had little to no problems with it. I was using someone elses bootstrap script to set up the basic features of the system and I decided recently that I would do it myself from scratch.

I am however experiencing problems with a script has to call git clone. It seems like it just gets stuck and doesn’t actually clone or do anything. The program in particular is the doom emacs install script. I have tried many things but cannot figure out what is going on. I have internet access, I can go on github.com, I can clone repos by myself ( occasionally this fails and I have to re-initiate). I have tried other scripts as well and the problem still persists, leading me to believe it is my system.

Any ideas on what to do? let me know and I will provide any additional details. I am on a clean endeavour os build without a desktop, with dwm installed and alacritty as my terminal.

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No problems here. Also an emacs user. To install Doom the method on the github site is:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hlissner/doom-emacs ~/.emacs.d
~/.emacs.d/bin/doom install

The git clone will fail if the directory exists, did you move ~/.emacs.d out of the way?

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First of all welcome to the community.

I have moved the topic to applications since it is a related bug on either git clone or the specific script and not a bug on the ISO or the EndeavourOS apps. :wink:

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Yes i have taken this into account an moved .emacs.d out of the way before cloning. In fact the initial clone works normally most of the times. I just installed ubuntu out of curiosity to see if it would work and it still didn’t. It seems to be a problem when a script calls git clone or tries to clone something from a repo. Its think it might have to do with the speed, it might be downloading so slow that it fails. However if i go on speedtest.net or download a file directly from a browser my speed is upwards of 500 mbps so it should not have any problems regarding speed. I have tried updating the arch mirrorlist as well and this did not help anything.

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Thanks for the welcome, and for moving the post to the correct category.

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Can you share the exact script or git clone statement you are using?

Also, can you share the exact error you are getting when it fails?

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Here it is , it is the same one xircon sent

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hlissner/doom-emacs ~/.emacs.d
~/.emacs.d/bin/doom install

I’ve gotten different types of errors both could not connect to github at port 443 and this one

 Message: File is missing
  Data: (file-missing . "Cannot open load file")
  Backtrace:
    (require straight "/home/user/.emacs.d/.local/straight/repos/straight.el/
    (let ((repo-dir (doom-path straight-base-dir "straight/repos/straight.el")
    (doom--ensure-straight (:host github :repo "raxod502/straight.el" :branch 
    (let* ((--cl-rest-- (alist-get (quote straight) packages)) (recipe (car (c
    (let ((packages (doom-package-list nil (quote core)))) (let* ((--cl-rest--
    (progn (if doom-debug-p (progn (let ((inhibit-message (active-minibuffer-w
    (if (or force-p (null (and (boundp (quote straight-recipe-repositories)) s
    (doom-initialize-core-packages)
    (eval-buffer #<buffer  *load*-854240> nil "/home/user/.emacs.d/core/core-
    (load-with-code-conversion "/home/user/.emacs.d/core/core-cli.el" "/home/

I have a strong suspicion this has to do with my network, I just don’t know where to start.

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Ok I deleted .emac.d again and the initial clone has stopped working . I am stuck at Cloning into “/home/user/.emacs.d” ill wait to see if there is an error message.

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Here is the error I got.
fatal: unable to access ‘https://github.com/hlissner/doom-emacs/’: Failed to connect to github.com port 443: Connection timed out

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Yeah, looks like a network issue of some sort. Is there an https proxy between you and the internet?

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No there shouldn’t be one. Haven’t set one up or anything. I’m on my home network.

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Troubleshooting that is more of a network troubleshooting process than a system troubleshooting process. Could be your router/firewall config or something your ISP is doing.

As a workaround, you could always just download the zip and unpack it to the proper directory.

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What @dalto said, try restarting your router.

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I’ve tried that but I’m going to try to factory reset it now lol.

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The errors are Elisp, I will try and replicate using chemacs as I have a working Doom installation, but prefer my own config :smiley:

:edit: nope working here.

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I have confirmed that this is a network wide problem. On my laptop i am having the exact same issue. I have reset my my modem/router to no avail.

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Update. I connected with my vpn and the install is working perfectly

:man_facepalming:

If anyone has any ideas about why this would happen let me know. I might have to contact my isp or switch network providers lol.

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When you make a vpn connection you are bypassing many of your own and your ISPs rules.

It could still be something wrong with your network or something nasty your ISP is doing.