title: git clone: fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
body: <p>I just installed Git, eager to use it for the first time for "cloning" a project, but as soon as I tried my first ever command I receive this dreaded error message:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>fatal: The remote end hung up
    unexpectedly</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>The command I was trying to run was:</p>
  
  <pre><code> git clone git://android.git.kernel.org/projects/platform/packages/apps/Browser.git/tree
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any idea why I am getting this fail?</p>
  
  <p>BTW, I am using the latest cygwin 1.7.8 git 1.7.4 on Windows XP SP3 32-bit.</p>