title: Getting error while fetching chromium source code
body: <p>I followed the instructions given on the link <a href="https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/windows_build_instructions.md" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/windows_build_instructions.md</a></p>
  
  <p>and tried with different fetch commands such as --no-history,nohooks,etc.
  But it keeps on failing with the following error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\chromium_nohistory&gt;fetch --no-history chromium
  Running: 'C:\depot_tools\python276_bin\python.exe' 'C:\depot_tools\gclient.py' root
  Running: 'C:\depot_tools\python276_bin\python.exe' 'C:\depot_tools\gclient.py' config --spec 'solutions = [
    {
      "url": "https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git",
      "managed": False,
      "name": "src",
      "deps_file": ".DEPS.git",
      "custom_deps": {},
    },
  ]
  '
  Running: 'C:\depot_tools\python276_bin\python.exe' 'C:\depot_tools\gclient.py' sync --no-history
  Error: Command 'C:\\depot_tools\\python276_bin\\python.exe src/build/landmines.py' returned non-zero exit status 1 in C:\chromium_nohistory
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "C:\depot_tools\\fetch.py", line 300, in &lt;module&gt;
      sys.exit(main())
    File "C:\depot_tools\\fetch.py", line 295, in main
      return run(options, spec, root)
    File "C:\depot_tools\\fetch.py", line 289, in run
      return checkout.init()
    File "C:\depot_tools\\fetch.py", line 132, in init
      self.run_gclient(*sync_cmd)
    File "C:\depot_tools\\fetch.py", line 76, in run_gclient
      return self.run(cmd_prefix + cmd, kwargs)
    File "C:\depot_tools\\fetch.py", line 66, in run
      return subprocess.check_output(cmd, kwargs)
    File "C:\depot_tools\python276_bin\lib\subprocess.py", line 573, in check_output
      raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd, output=output)
  subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '('C:\\depot_tools\\python276_bin\\python.exe', 'C:\\depot_tools\\gclient.py', 'sync', '--no-history')' **returned non-zero exit status 2**
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am new to the chromium so is there anything that i am missing,
  Any help in this appreciated.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance.</p>