Re: git-update-server-info may be required,cannot clone and pull from a remote repository

From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 11, 2007, 14:31 UTC
Message-ID: <81b0412b0707110731n4ffa25afoea5395a856869325@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <a901b49a0707110708o7c883bb0s707d9791f344f1f6@mail.gmail.com>

On 7/11/07, pradeep singh <pradeep.rautela@gmail.com> wrote:

> I followed the howto instruction for setting up a git repo over http
> using the HOWTO  given in the /usr/share/doc/git-doc/howtos .
>

You may want to consider an upgrade to your git installation. But it is unrelated to your problems.

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> 1. I already have a source tree controlled by git on the same
> machine.I want to make this as the master for the new public
> repository. I created a bare git repo in it as per the howto. Now i
> want to commit my local git repo to this public repository.I failed to
> do so sadly :-/.Can anyone point me to the correct place or link?

Try Documentation/everyday.txt in git source distribution

> 2. Even when i did a (from another machine)
>  $git-clone http://100.121.232/work.git work
>  It says,
>  Cannot get remote repository information.

Well, you can try this link in your browser. Does it show something? Does http://100.121.232/work.git/objects/info/packs work?

>  Perhaps git-update-server-info needs to be run there?

Yes. But it wont help unless your web server is setup correctly.

> Can any one help me with this?

Any reason you cannot use ssh?

> I ll appreciate some good documents or howtos on setting up git
> repository painlessly.

Usually it is as simple as "git init" in directory where you want it.