Error git clone: invalid path 'data/futures/roll_calendars_csv/BTC*SPREAD.csv'

[eliaborras]

Hi all,
Trying to install pysystemtrade on Windows 11.

When running the comand git clone https://github.com/robcarver17/pysystemtrade.git

hits the following Error:

I also tried the git clone flag --no-checkout same result -> empty pysystemtrade directory.

Is it possible to install this in Windows or only Linux works?
Many thanks

[ea1442]

Hi,
This did not work for me as well, because of having "*" in filenames.
I downloaded PST as a zip file and extracted manually in the folder I wanted to install.
I am not sure if lacking those files will create any problems in the future, but I think it should be fixable by skipping them or renaming them.
Hope this works for you too.

[craigmediaservices]

The error in the screenshot is caused by the presence of an invalid file path in the repository you are trying to clone. Specifically, the file path data/futures/roll_calendars_csv/BTCSPREAD.csv contains an asterisk () which is not allowed in file names on Windows file systems.

You can bypass the problematic file by checking out the repository without that specific file:

git clone https://github.com/robcarver17/pysystemtrade.git --no-checkout
cd pysystemtrade
git sparse-checkout init --cone
git sparse-checkout set ":!data/futures/roll_calendars_csv/BTC*SPREAD.csv"
git checkout

This process will clone the repository but will exclude the problematic file from being checked out.

If you do not need that file:

You can simply delete the file after cloning if you don't need it, or ignore it during the cloning process using sparse checkout as shown above.

[eliaborras]

Hi Craig may thanks for the above.
Unfortunalty does not solve the issue.

Seems when cloning the folder is empty.

hence, when doing -> git sparse-checkout set ":!data/futures/roll_calendars_csv/BTC*SPREAD.csv"
it's an invalid path.

Below a screen shot.
Thanks though

[craigmediaservices]

There are a lot of files with that issue!

To continue on Windows, I think you will necessarily have to download as a ZIP as ea1442 proposed before.

Otherwise you would need some form of *nix environment (e.g. Mac) or virtually on Windows - like Virtual Box, a cloud Linux environment, or even Docker (docker pull ubuntu, docker run -it ubuntu, then pull the repository with git). I think you're using WSL, but it doesn't seem to bypass the issue.

[PurpleHazeIan]

For info - I encountered the same problem and, although I had a temporary work around, issue #1427 was fixed to solve this problem. The problem files were renamed and moved.

[robcarver17]

If nobody is using these, they could be deleted. They are an artifact of work I was doing writing AFTS, not a core part of pst which doesn't support these spread contracts natively.