Deleted and then recreated Github repository can't be cloned

Describe the bug

After deleting and then creating another repository with the same name, I couldn’t clone the new repository in Github Desktop.

Version & OS

Windows 10, Github Desktop version 2.5.6

Steps to reproduce the behavior

1. Create repository online
2. Delete repository online
3. Create new repository using the same name online
4. Attempt to clone the new repository

Expected behavior

It should clone the repository just fine.

Actual behavior

I got the message “We couldn’t find that repository. Check that you are logged in, the network is accessible, and the URL or repository alias are spelled correctly.”

Screenshots

Logs

2020-10-26T21:38:03.377Z - warn: [ui] fetchRepository: 'MasquitoWasTaken/masquito-backend' returned a 404
2020-10-26T21:38:03.493Z - warn: [ui] fetchRepository: 'MasquitoWasTaken/masquito-backend' returned a 404
2020-10-26T21:38:03.493Z - info: [ui] [AppStore.getAccountForRemoteURL] no generic credentials found for 'MasquitoWasTaken/masquito-backend'
2020-10-26T21:38:03.494Z - info: [ui] proxy url not resolved, protocol not supported
2020-10-26T21:38:03.568Z - error: [ui] `git -c credential.helper= clone --recursive --progress -- MasquitoWasTaken/masquito-backend C:\Users\Gabriel Pizarro\Documents\GitHub\masquito-backend` exited with an unexpected code: 128.
stderr:
fatal: repository 'MasquitoWasTaken/masquito-backend' does not exist

Additional context

Check out my repository at https://github.com/MasquitoWasTaken/masquito-backend/, it does exist. I can also manually clone the repo from CLI.

[CaptainJackey]

Look at my reply at #10930 , then you can slove this problem!

[chadmkidner]

Look at my reply at #10930 , then you can slove this problem!

I had the same problem as described above. Seems to be similar to #10930 #7634 and other issues. Thank you @CaptainJackey : your advice solved my problem. I wish I would have found a more “elegant” solution, but de-install, re-install is probably the easiest one for a novice like me.

I have a fresh install of GitHub Desktop and still having this issue. Any other suggestions?

Nevermind, my issue was that when choosing “Open With GitHub Desktop”, it was not entering the entire URL correctly. I added “.git” at the end and cloned successfully.