github desktop is failing to clone the branch

gives me this error, do not know what to do. cloning the master project branch
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well thx for the advice. guess ill try moving my labtop next to the router for an hour and doing that
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MinoDab492
MinoDab4922w ago
It looks like an internet issue causing it to disconnect for some reason. Not really sure how to get it to go away. For me, when I had that issue, I couldn’t get it to stop till I actually got an extender to fix my internet. As a workaround, you can try to maybe to download as a zip?
Iliketrains
IliketrainsOP2w ago
yeah been trying that but clearly my browsers tryna screw with me cuz its doing some weird download where it just spins and is incredibly slow
MinoDab492
MinoDab4922w ago
If it's slow, then that's either because GitHub's Servers are slow, or your internet is. As for just spinning, all GitHub downloads do that for some reason.
Iliketrains
IliketrainsOP2w ago
yeah but its more so just absurdly slow, going down to like 50 kbs
MinoDab492
MinoDab4922w ago
Again, likely either your internet (most likely if it's failing to clone), or GitHub's server just being dumb. Try running a speed test?
Iliketrains
IliketrainsOP2w ago
results: not great but not bad enough that it should be failing that hard
MinoDab492
MinoDab4922w ago
Huh
Iliketrains
IliketrainsOP2w ago
of speed test I mean
MinoDab492
MinoDab4922w ago
In that case, I can't say I have any other ideas, then. Sorry!
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Iliketrains
Iliketrains2w ago
well thx for the advice. guess ill try moving my labtop next to the router for an hour and doing that
MinoDab492
MinoDab4922w ago
The download should only be a few hindered megabytes

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