The problem is with this fork/repo :
https://github.com/RubenWillems/CCNet
I can get other forks on the same laptop, but not this one.
trying with ssh gives the same problem.
I'm suspecting a security setup issue with the fork, but I have no idea.
Any idea on how to (start) tackling this, I am quite new to git.
This http://devnet.jetbrains.net/message/5321236#5321236 workaround from JetBrains works for me perfectly.
Here are commands when JetBrains forum thread would not available (change repo name and url)
mkdir idea-community
git init idea-community
cd idea-community
git remote add origin http://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community
git pull
Note: It is because of too many Tags in clonned repo.