git: fatal: protocol error: bad line length character

Trying to `git clone` from a repository on another z/OS system I get

$git clone -v demnt15@stutvs2a:/u/demnt15/tmp/mytest
Cloning into 'mytest'...
fatal: protocol error: bad line length character: ����
fatal: the remote end hung up unexpectedly

where the characters are 

<<^ 
88D0
CCD6

I have no idea why this happens. Any advice would be appreciated. If I try to clone from WSL in Windows I get the same error.

Hey Manfred, 

I'm sorry you are having problems cloning your repo. This is a known issue, and unfortunately, we do not support using git as a server in this way. When you do not access a remote repo via ssh and https, your settings/rc files are not sourced, which means BPXAUTOCVT may not be getting set correctly.

We have to recommend that you upload to a remote host like github or bitbucket, and then clone from there. Let me know if that will not work for you or if you have any other questions. You can see the relevant section of the documentation here: Restrictions (rocketsoftware.com)

Best,
Ben

Hi Ben,

Thanks for the information. I wasn't aware that this was a limitation and hoped that I was the problem. :-) 

Of course, github and the like does work fine when cloning from z/OS UNIX.

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Best,
Manfred