Using the raw.pixls.us Git repo on Windows

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The RAW files repo this site offers cannot be downloaded as is on Windows using git clone because some of the files have names that use illegal characters, as far as Windows is concerned.

I need this body of files from within Windows. So I made a small project that downloads the entire contents of the Git repository of RAW files to a Windows file system. It allows you to keep-up-to-date with new additions to the repo, because underneath it’s still Git.

I have no idea if anybody else finds this helpful. But hey if there is someone then here you go.

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Is it just the git methods that have this problem, or does the single file download also have this problem?

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If downloading with the browser, probably all browsers on Windows will automatically rename the file to replace the illegal characters. I have no idea how Windows command line tools handle it.

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I’ve reported this to @andabata so maybe it will get better soon!

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