I use git all the time and for some reason now every time i clone ANY repo i get this error
git clone https://github.com/ryanb/cancan.git
Initialized empty Git
try this:
git config --global http.sslverify "false"
It looks like this is a known issue:
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=341221
You can also try using the git protocol, instead of http.
git clone git://git.eclipse.org/gitroot/e4/org.eclipse.orion.client.git
http support was much improved in 1.7+ and that may be your problem.