Fw: How do I git-push to an FTP server?

On the git-users mailing list we're trying someone to help with running `git push` over FTP. That person is runnig Git 1.7.9.5 on Ubuntu 12.04.

Below is the trace captured while trying to perform such a faulty push. The oddity (in my eyes) is that after uploading the files, Git executes `git http-push` which manual page does not mention FTP at all.

So I'd like to ask experts on Git transports for any advice in this situation.

Begin forwarded message:

Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 05:07:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: August Karlstrom <fusio...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: git...-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org
Cc: August Karlstrom <fusio...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [git-users] How do I git-push to an FTP server?

Den fredagen den 5:e oktober 2012 kl. 11:38:43 UTC+2 skrev Konstantin Khomoutov:

Thanks for the input, Konstantin. Below is the output (with identifying info removed). I can't see what caused "Uploading to a URL without a file name" at the end.

$ GIT_TRACE=1 GIT_CURL_VERBOSE=1 git push
trace: built-in: git 'push'
trace: run_command: 'git-remote-ftp' 'origin' 
'ftp://my-ftp-server/git/test.git'
* About to connect() to my-ftp-server port 21 (#0)
*   Trying my-ftp-ip... * Connected to my-ftp-server (my-ftp-ip) port
21 (#0)
< 220---------- Welcome to Pure-FTPd [privsep] [TLS] ---------- 
< 220-You are user number 6 of 400 allowed. 
< 220-Local time is now 11:23. Server port: 21. 
< 220-This is a private system - No anonymous login 
< 220 You will be disconnected after 15 minutes of inactivity. 

< 331 User my-username OK. Password required 

< 230-User my-username has group access to: my-group < 230 OK. Current restricted directory is /

< 257 "/" is your current location 
* Entry path is '/'

< 250 OK. Current directory is /git 

< 250 OK. Current directory is /git/test.git 

< 250 OK. Current directory is /git/test.git/info 

* Connect data stream passively
< 500 Unknown command 
* disabling EPSV usage

< 227 Entering Passive Mode ([not shown]) 
*   Trying my-ftp-ip... * Connecting to my-ftp-ip (my-ftp-ip) port 63983

< 200 TYPE is now 8-bit binary 

< 213 59 

< 150 Accepted data connection 
* Maxdownload = -1
* Getting file with size: 59
* Remembering we are in dir "git/test.git/info/"
< 226-File successfully transferred 
< 226 0.000 seconds (measured here), 1.34 Mbytes per second 
* Connection #0 to host my-ftp-server left intact
* Re-using existing connection! (#0) with host my-ftp-server
* Connected to my-ftp-server (my-ftp-ip) port 21 (#0)

< 250 OK. Current directory is / 

< 250 OK. Current directory is /git 

< 250 OK. Current directory is /git/test.git 

* Connect data stream passively
< 227 Entering Passive Mode ([not shown]) 
*   Trying my-ftp-ip... * Connecting to my-ftp-ip (my-ftp-ip) port 63462

< 213 23 

< 150 Accepted data connection 
* Maxdownload = -1
* Getting file with size: 23
* Remembering we are in dir "git/test.git/"
< 226-File successfully transferred 
< 226 0.000 seconds (measured here), 0.63 Mbytes per second 
* Connection #0 to host my-ftp-server left intact
trace: run_command: 'http-push' '--helper-status' 
'ftp://my-ftp-server/git/test.git/'
'refs/heads/master:refs/heads/master' trace: exec: 'git' 'http-push'
'--helper-status' 'ftp://my-ftp-server/git/test.git/'
'refs/heads/master:refs/heads/master' trace: exec: 'git-http-push'
'--helper-status' 'ftp://my-ftp-server/git/test.git/'
'refs/heads/master:refs/heads/master' trace: run_command:
'git-http-push' '--helper-status' 'ftp://my-ftp-server/git/test.git/'
'refs/heads/master:refs/heads/master'
* About to connect() to my-ftp-server port 21 (#0)
*   Trying my-ftp-ip... * Connected to my-ftp-server (my-ftp-ip) port
21 (#0)
< 220---------- Welcome to Pure-FTPd [privsep] [TLS] ---------- 
< 220-You are user number 7 of 400 allowed. 
< 220-Local time is now 11:23. Server port: 21. 
< 220-This is a private system - No anonymous login 
< 220 You will be disconnected after 15 minutes of inactivity. 

< 331 User my-username OK. Password required 

< 230-User my-username has group access to: my-group < 230 OK. Current restricted directory is /

< 257 "/" is your current location 
* Entry path is '/'
* Uploading to a URL without a file name!
* Closing connection #0
error: Cannot access URL ftp://my-ftp-server/git/test.git/, return code
3 fatal: git-http-push failed