Cygwin/Git error cygheap base mismatch detected

Question

I have installed two windows servers with the latest versions of cygwin and git, and am trying to clone the git repository from S1, to S2. I can successfully ssh from S2 to

Answer 1

In my case rebooting the computer did not work.

I finally found that it was due to a conflict between an installation of Msys (Installed when I installed the command line git utilities). If your system path contains any directories with a version of Msys, delete such path entries and try again. It looks like cygwin tries to execute the executables from the Msys installation, and the .dll detects a missmatch.