cloning error when checking out private github repo

Question

I get the following error while cloning a private repo on my colleagues computer:

Cloning into xxx...
remote: Counting objects: 7112, done.
remote: Compressi         


        

Answer 1

The answer:

I created a branch, (git checkout -b master2) then pushed the branch. Then i deleted master and renamed master2 to master.

Finally worked.