Re: git protocol over port-forwarding

> We are attempting to use the git protocol throughout our company, as
> it saves ssh-related problems of permissions and umasks for a our
> poorly-administered community of developers, engineers, and others.
>
> This fails, and I was wondering if anyone has any experience using
> port-forwarding and the git protocol, or if it is not presently
> possible.
>
> Here's how we set things up ("source" is where git-daemon runs,
> and "xiphi" is a client machine):
>
> On the source machine, which is running the git daemon, and listening
> on port 9418, I set up this ssh config entry in my ~/.ssh/config file:
>
> Host xiphi-git
>     Protocol 2
>     ForwardX11 yes
>     Hostname xiphi.lsscorp.com
>     RemoteForward 5700 localhost:9418
>     HostKeyAlias xiphi-git
>
> Then on source, I ssh to xiphi-git, which connects to xiphi and sets up
> a portforwarding from xiphi:9418 back to source:9418.  Then, on xiphi:
>
> xiphi:~/y % git clone git://localhost:5700/fusion
> Initialized empty Git repository in /home/furnish/y/fusion/.git/
> fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
> fetch-pack from 'git://localhost:5700/fusion' failed.
>
> So, we are wondering if perhaps the git daemon could be jiggered to
> work somehow, or if there are other options for us.