how do I clone files with colons in the filename

Question

When I clone the repo using msysgit, all the files with spaces in the filename are not brought down, and then show as deleted in the status.

The filenames looks so

Answer 1

If you try doing:

touch "styles-ie (1:12:11 6:02 PM).css"

you will see that you cannot create it on Windows.

Basically, the repo has the file ( the blob and the tree entry ) but you cannot checkout on Windows as git would be unable to create such a file. No other way but to change the filename.