# Error retrieving from github

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-retrieving-from-github/156924>\
**Category:** IronRuby\
**Created:** [January 5, 2009, 11:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-retrieving-from-github/156924 "2009-01-05T11:47:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![trptcolin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@trptcolin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/trptcolin)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 11:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-retrieving-from-github/156924/1 "2009-01-05T11:47:22Z")

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Hi,

I’ve been trying to get IronRuby from GIT using the steps in Ben’s blog  
([Downloading IronRuby from GitHub – Ben Hall's Blog](http://blog.benhall.me.uk/2008/12/downloading-ironruby-from-github.html))  
but keep getting this error:

[github.com](http://github.com)[0: 65.74.177.129]: errno=Invalid argument  
fatal: unable to connect a socket (Invalid argument)

I was wondering if anyone else has seen this or could point me in the  
right direction?

Thanks,

Colin

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**Author:** ![trptcolin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@trptcolin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/trptcolin)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 12:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-retrieving-from-github/156924/2 "2009-01-05T12:13:46Z")

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Hi Colin,  
You might want to check with this guide  
[http://github.com/guides/getting-a-copy-of-your-github-repo](http://github.com/guides/getting-a-copy-of-your-github-repo)  
first.

Hope this helps,  
-Jirapong

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**Author:** ![trptcolin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@trptcolin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/trptcolin)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-retrieving-from-github/156924/3 "2009-01-05T16:13:57Z")

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Jirapong Nanta wrote:

> Hi Colin,  
> You might want to check with this guide  
> [http://github.com/guides/getting-a-copy-of-your-github-repo](http://github.com/guides/getting-a-copy-of-your-github-repo)  
> first.
> 
> Hope this helps,  
> -Jirapong

Ta for the link, done all that now but same error. However “ssh -v  
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid” failed so I’m guessing it must be a firewall/proxy error  
but can’t get that config to work either and using HTTP just brings  
other errors ([HTTP Cloning | The GitHub Blog](http://github.com/blog/92-http-cloning)).

Guess its just a little less friendly that I would have hoped, will keep  
trying anyway.

Ta,

Colin

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**Author:** ![trptcolin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@trptcolin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/trptcolin)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-retrieving-from-github/156924/4 "2009-01-05T16:51:03Z")

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To just do a clone, you shouldn’t need ssh or any special firewall rules  
try  
using http instead: git clone [http://github.com/ironruby/ironruby.git](http://github.com/ironruby/ironruby.git)

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**Author:** ![trptcolin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@trptcolin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/trptcolin)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-retrieving-from-github/156924/5 "2009-01-05T16:56:06Z")

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Michael L. wrote:

> To just do a clone, you shouldn’t need ssh or any special firewall rules  
> try  
> using http instead: git clone [http://github.com/ironruby/ironruby.git](http://github.com/ironruby/ironruby.git)

Hi,

Yeah I tried that but got other errors (“Cannot get remote repository  
information”). I’m guessing its proxy relate but I feel like I’ve wasted  
way too much time chasing my tail with so I must admit I gave up and  
just download the zip from github.

Ta to you Jirapong for the help, I guess I need to learn to use git at  
some point.

Colin