git ls-remote fails when called if the shell is on a UNC path

[James-Dengel]

Setup

• Which version of Git for Windows are you using? Is it 32-bit or 64-bit?

$ git --version --build-options
git version 2.13.0.windows.1
built from commit: eba7af3dbb4c846c6303c5f64102acee696c9ab0
sizeof-long: 4
machine: x86_64

• Which version of Windows are you running? Vista, 7, 8, 10? Is it 32-bit or 64-bit?
  Windows 7 64 bit.

$ cmd.exe /c ver

'\\sw-filer2\Lab\Reno\reno_releases\0.1\dist'
CMD.EXE was started with the above path as the current directory.
UNC paths are not supported.  Defaulting to Windows directory.

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]

• What options did you set as part of the installation? Or did you choose the
  defaults?

$ cat /etc/install-options.txt
Path Option: Cmd
SSH Option: OpenSSH
CURL Option: OpenSSL
CRLF Option: CRLFCommitAsIs
Bash Terminal Option: MinTTY
Performance Tweaks FSCache: Enabled
Use Credential Manager: Disabled
Enable Symlinks: Disabled

• Any other interesting things about your environment that might be related
  to the issue you're seeing?

I am currently working on a UNC mount, this worked in previous version of git 2.9.13 was the version I was running previously.
If i map the drive or use a local path it works correctly.

Details

• Which terminal/shell are you running Git from? e.g Bash/CMD/PowerShell/other

I can reproduce this issue with Powershell or from within GitBash as long as I am on a UNC path.

• What commands did you run to trigger this issue? If you can provide a
  Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example
  this will help us understand the issue.

cd //sw-filer2/Lab/Reno/reno_releases/0.1/dist
git ls-remote ssh://git@bitbucket:7999/lab_automation/PyCharm.idea.git merckx

• What did you expect to occur after running these commands?

2918018474e9d7e408d5bb2667d91ab83aeeb53b refs/heads/merckx
2918018474e9d7e408d5bb2667d91ab83aeeb53b refs/svn/root/branches/merckx

• What actually happened instead?

fatal: failed to stat ' //sw-filer2': No such file or directory

• If the problem was occurring with a specific repository, can you provide the
  URL to that repository to help us with testing?

It occurs on all repositories and only on a UNC path.

[dscho]

Please test the newest snapshot here: https://wingit.blob.core.windows.net/files/index.html

[James-Dengel]

Thanks I have tested this now and it works on a Network Path.

Thanks.

[dscho]

Thank you for testing and sharing the results.