Bash or Windows, fails pull and npm install

[Pontiac76]

As documented the git clone does not work.

In Windows 10, I get the error:

error: invalid path 'presets/vcs/skeleton.remote:llvm-mos'
fatal: unable to checkout working tree
warning: Clone succeeded, but checkout failed.
You can inspect what was checked out with 'git status'
and retry with 'git restore --source=HEAD :/'

It doesn't like colons in the filenames, so the pull fails, and the only directory I get is the .git directory in 8bitworkshop

I then tried with doing the clone with https instead of git/ssh, and still the same problem at the same point of interest.

Switching to WSL and Debian, I get further, but I fail with npm -i

npm error path \\wsl.localhost\Debian\home\stephen\git\8bitworkshop\node_modules\esbuild
npm error command failed
npm error command C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c node install.js
npm error '\\wsl.localhost\Debian\home\stephen\git\8bitworkshop\node_modules\esbuild'
npm error CMD.EXE was started with the above path as the current directory.
npm error UNC paths are not supported.  Defaulting
to Windows directory.
npm error node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1404
npm error   throw err;
npm error   ^
npm error
npm error Error: Cannot find module 'C:\Windows\install.js'
npm error     at Function._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1401:15)
npm error     at defaultResolveImpl (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1057:19)
npm error     at resolveForCJSWithHooks (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1062:22)
npm error     at Function._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1211:37)
npm error     at TracingChannel.traceSync (node:diagnostics_channel:322:14)
npm error     at wrapModuleLoad (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:235:24)
npm error     at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:170:5)
npm error     at node:internal/main/run_main_module:36:49 {
npm error   code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
npm error   requireStack: []
npm error }

Where do I take it from here?

(Insta-bought the book after I saw this. Strong desire to get back into C)