Error Cloning a Git repository on my mainframe USS folder

We have the Rocket Git port (Git 2.14.4 for z/OS) installed on our mainframe and I have a git repository in my mainframe USS folder. I am trying to clone that to my windows workstation.

I gave the following command in my local git bash

git clone usrid@host-url:/u/usrid/mainfolder/repo.git/

This initially prompts for my host password. Once that is provided, it proceeds with the clone but ends up with the following error. It looks like i am missing some kind of environment variable. I would appreciate any pointers.

git-upload-pack: FSUM7351 not found fatal: Could not read from remote repository. Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists

Solution

Given that you are running on z/OS the Rocket Git client has limitations per Rocket's documentation. Note: you need to register to access the downloads (it's free but requires registration nonetheless). I've included a snippet from the install PDF on their website.

Restrictions

Some files used by Git must be encoded and tagged as ISO8859-1. These include:
- Git attribute files, whether in .git/info/attributes or .gitattributes
- .gitignore files
The only remote protocols supported are ssh and https.
Only client mode is supported; in other words, Git for z/OS can clone from, and push to, remote repositories via ssh or https, but cannot be the target of clone and push from other clients.
The only encodings supported for git-encoding are ISO8859-1 and UTF-8. The only encodings fully supported for zos-working-tree-encoding are ISO8859-1, IBM-1047 and UTF-8.

At this time the Git Client for z/OS does not support z/OS as being targeted by clients.