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Re: Problems with git over http

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 20, 2008, 21:42 UTC
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"Sean Davis" <sdavis2@mail.nih.gov> writes:
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> I am new to git and trying to set up a remote repository over http.  I
> have configured apache2 and the bare, empty repository.  Using curl, I
> can get the file HEAD without a password (seems .netrc is correct?).
> However, when I try to push to the repository, I get the following:
> 
> sdavis@lestrade:/tmp/testing> git push
> http://sdavis@watson.nci.nih.gov/git/sean_git.git/ master
> fatal: exec http-push failed.
> error: failed to push some refs to
> 'http://sdavis@watson.nci.nih.gov/git/sean_git.git/'

Errr... to _push_ via https you have to enable WebDAV. See Documentation/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt

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Jakub Narebski
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  1. Sean DavisSep 20, 2008
  2. Uwe Kleine-KönigSep 20, 2008
  3. Sean DavisSep 20, 2008
  4. Jakub NarebskiSep 20, 2008
  5. Sean DavisSep 20, 2008
  6. Matthieu MoySep 21, 2008
  7. Sean DavisSep 21, 2008

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