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Re: Why not clone to a remote directory over SSH

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NHNick Hengeveld <nickh@reactrix.com>
Date
Nov 24, 2005, 00:19 UTC
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<20051124001955.GP3968@reactrix.com>
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<Pine.LNX.4.63.0511240038001.11106@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 12:41:56AM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> Obviously, this only works if the other side can connect to this side via 
> ssh. Hmm. Firewalls? Disabled sshd? `hostname` not reliably returning a 
> valid address for the remote side?

If sshd is running locally, you can forward a port back to yourself and have the remote clone localhost:`pwd`. Assuming there's a way to clone using a nonstandard port.

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  12. Andreas EricssonNov 24, 2005
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