Re: git-clone works with ssh but not with http/https/git

From: Robert Haines <rhaines@manchester.ac.uk>
Date: Jun 24, 2008, 14:08 UTC
Message-ID: <BC8F2A2A-9817-401B-BAC3-F36ED42976E5@manchester.ac.uk>
In-Reply-To: <ce513bcc0806240653i45044297t3b963940c5b3daf0@mail.gmail.com>

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>> So your clone address for git:// is wrong, you don't need the /pub/ 
>> git:
>> git clone git://erez.zilber@kites/erez.zilber/my_test.git
>> As you've moved the root of the filesystem as far as git-daemon is  
>> concerned
>> to /pub/git with the --base-path option.
>
> I understand. However, when I try to run it according to your  
> suggestion:
>
> [root@kd001 t]# git clone git://erez.zilber@kites/erez.zilber/ 
> my_test.git
> Initialized empty Git repository in /home/erez.zilber/work/tmp/t/ 
> my_test/.git/
> fatal: Unable to look up erez.zilber@kites (port 9418) (Name or
> service not known)
> fetch-pack from 'git://erez.zilber@kites/erez.zilber/my_test.git'  
> failed.

That error is saying that the name of the service is wrong, so you're right to do it without the "erez.zilber@" bit.

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> I also tried to run it without "erez.zilber@":
>
> [root@kd001 t]# git clone git://kites/erez.zilber/my_test.git
> Initialized empty Git repository in /home/erez.zilber/work/tmp/t/ 
> my_test/.git/
> kites[0: 172.16.1.11]: errno=Connection refused
> fatal: unable to connect a socket (Connection refused)
> fetch-pack from 'git://kites/erez.zilber/my_test.git' failed.

This looks like that either there is nothing listening (if you're running though xinetd have you restarted it? And have you added the right bits to /etc/services?) or there's a firewall in the way... git defaults to 9418 so check that it's open.

> Is there any log file on the server that can help me trace this
> problem (something like /var/log/httpd/error_log but for the git
> protocol)?

on my machine (running via xinetd) it goes straight into /var/log/ messages. A grep -i git on that file should produce something.

Cheers, Rob