# Can I use git protocol to push change to remote repo? 5 messages from 2008-12-16 to 2008-12-16. Participants: Emily Ren, Jeff King. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/16748 ## Emily Ren, 2008-12-16 07:22 Subject: Can I use git protocol to push change to remote repo? Message-ID: <856bfe0e0812152322i3a7fa376h8a35466b7abf82a5@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/856bfe0e0812152322i3a7fa376h8a35466b7abf82a5%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <856bfe0e0812152318h1375401fx944834ad6410835d@mail.gmail.com> ``` Hello, I can clone a remote repo with git protocol, but I can't push my branch to origin repo with git protocol. If I use ssh protocol, I can push sccuessfully. I'm confused, can someone give me a guide on this? Can I use git protocol to push my branch to remote repo? If yes, how can I do ? Thank you for your help in advance ! Error info is as below: $ git push git://host.xz/testgit check_push fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly error: failed to push to 'git://host.xz/testgit' Successful info with ssh protocol: $ git push ssh://host.xz/testgit check_push user's password: updating 'refs/heads/check_push' from 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 to 60719ede9ef5d5fdc042e7aebcebc04a93d3928a Generating pack... Done counting 3 objects. Deltifying 3 objects... 100% (3/3) done Writing 3 objects... 100% (3/3) done Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0) Thanks, Emily ``` ## Jeff King, 2008-12-16 07:38 Subject: Re: Can I use git protocol to push change to remote repo? Message-ID: <20081216073835.GA2468@coredump.intra.peff.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20081216073835.GA2468%40coredump.intra.peff.net In-Reply-To: <856bfe0e0812152322i3a7fa376h8a35466b7abf82a5@mail.gmail.com> ``` On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 03:22:17PM +0800, Emily Ren wrote: > I can clone a remote repo with git protocol, but I can't push my > branch to origin repo with git protocol. If I use ssh protocol, I can > push sccuessfully. I'm confused, can someone give me a guide on this? > Can I use git protocol to push my branch to remote repo? If yes, how > can I do ? Thank you for your help in advance ! Yes, git-daemon does not support pushing by default, since it doesn't do any authentication of the pushing users. The recommended practice is to push over ssh, which uses the exact same protocol, but is tunneled over ssh, so the user is authenticated and the incoming data has an integrity check (note that pulling by ssh is also the same protocol as pulling via git://, except of course that it is also tunneled over ssh; this means that if you are pushing and pulling, you can just set your remote to talk to the ssh version). If you _really_ want totally anonymous, unsecured pushing to your repo (e.g., because you are on a restricted LAN and everybody is trusted), you can enable the receive-pack service. See the git-daemon documentation for details. -Peff ``` ## Emily Ren, 2008-12-16 08:48 Subject: Re: Can I use git protocol to push change to remote repo? Message-ID: <856bfe0e0812160048l7d901658tca96f5055c69743c@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/856bfe0e0812160048l7d901658tca96f5055c69743c%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <20081216073835.GA2468@coredump.intra.peff.net> ``` Peff, Thank you for your help ! I read the git-daemon description, and added following lines in the config file of remote repository. [daemon] receivepack = true It failed with another error, is there anything I missed to config daemon ? $ git push git://host.xz/testgit test_push2 updating 'refs/heads/test_push2' from 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 to eebb60caae38a38361d002cdace043124a2fc871 Generating pack... Done counting 3 objects. Deltifying 3 objects... 100% (3/3) done Writing 3 objects... 100% (3/3) done Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0) unpack unpacker exited with error code ng refs/heads/test_push2 n/a (unpacker error) error: failed to push to 'git://host.xz/testgit' Thanks, Emily On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Jeff King wrote: > On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 03:22:17PM +0800, Emily Ren wrote: > >> I can clone a remote repo with git protocol, but I can't push my >> branch to origin repo with git protocol. If I use ssh protocol, I can >> push sccuessfully. I'm confused, can someone give me a guide on this? >> Can I use git protocol to push my branch to remote repo? If yes, how >> can I do ? Thank you for your help in advance ! > > Yes, git-daemon does not support pushing by default, since it doesn't do > any authentication of the pushing users. The recommended practice is to > push over ssh, which uses the exact same protocol, but is tunneled over > ssh, so the user is authenticated and the incoming data has an integrity > check (note that pulling by ssh is also the same protocol as pulling via > git://, except of course that it is also tunneled over ssh; this means > that if you are pushing and pulling, you can just set your remote to > talk to the ssh version). > > If you _really_ want totally anonymous, unsecured pushing to your repo > (e.g., because you are on a restricted LAN and everybody is trusted), > you can enable the receive-pack service. See the git-daemon > documentation for details. > > -Peff > ``` ## Jeff King, 2008-12-16 08:52 Subject: Re: Can I use git protocol to push change to remote repo? Message-ID: <20081216085205.GB3031@coredump.intra.peff.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20081216085205.GB3031%40coredump.intra.peff.net In-Reply-To: <856bfe0e0812160048l7d901658tca96f5055c69743c@mail.gmail.com> ``` On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 04:48:34PM +0800, Emily Ren wrote: > It failed with another error, is there anything I missed to config daemon ? > $ git push git://host.xz/testgit test_push2 > updating 'refs/heads/test_push2' > from 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 > to eebb60caae38a38361d002cdace043124a2fc871 > Generating pack... > Done counting 3 objects. > Deltifying 3 objects... > 100% (3/3) done > Writing 3 objects... > 100% (3/3) done > Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0) > unpack unpacker exited with error code > ng refs/heads/test_push2 n/a (unpacker error) > error: failed to push to 'git://host.xz/testgit' Does the user running git-daemon have permissions to write to the repo? -Peff ``` ## Emily Ren, 2008-12-16 08:59 Subject: Re: Can I use git protocol to push change to remote repo? Message-ID: <856bfe0e0812160059k102cd6a7k8d551f9d20010d62@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/856bfe0e0812160059k102cd6a7k8d551f9d20010d62%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <20081216085205.GB3031@coredump.intra.peff.net> ``` Peff, Yes, you are right ! I changed the permission of the repo, and it's OK now. :) Thank you very much for your kindly help ! Emily On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 4:52 PM, Jeff King wrote: > On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 04:48:34PM +0800, Emily Ren wrote: > >> It failed with another error, is there anything I missed to config daemon ? >> $ git push git://host.xz/testgit test_push2 >> updating 'refs/heads/test_push2' >> from 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 >> to eebb60caae38a38361d002cdace043124a2fc871 >> Generating pack... >> Done counting 3 objects. >> Deltifying 3 objects... >> 100% (3/3) done >> Writing 3 objects... >> 100% (3/3) done >> Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0) >> unpack unpacker exited with error code >> ng refs/heads/test_push2 n/a (unpacker error) >> error: failed to push to 'git://host.xz/testgit' > > Does the user running git-daemon have permissions to write to the repo? > > -Peff > ```