Private remote repo setup

Derek D· Nov 24, 2009, 19:04 UTC · lore

Hi all, I am new to Git and I am getting quite frustrated with setting a repo on my server so that people with Windows machines can ssh to it and contribute.

This is what I am doing: On the server: #git --bare init Initialized empty Git repository in /opt/apps/git-test/

In tortoiseGIT I go to git clone, provide correct url: ssh://user@domain/opt/apps/git-test/ tortoiseGIT asks me for a password, I provide it, it's correct, the repository gets created on the local machine and...

fatal: '/opt/apps/git-test': unable to chdir or not a git archive Initialized empty Git repository in C:/path/.git/ fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly Failed

What happened there?

Johannes Sixt· Nov 25, 2009, 06:37 UTC · re: Derek D · lore

Re: Private remote repo setup

Derek D schrieb:

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> Hi all, I am new to Git and I am getting quite frustrated with setting a repo 
> on my server so that people with Windows machines can ssh to it and contribute.
> 
> This is what I am doing:
> On the server:
> #git --bare init

  ^
This looks like you were root when you ran the command.

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> Initialized empty Git repository in /opt/apps/git-test/
> 
> In tortoiseGIT I go to git clone, provide correct url:
> ssh://user@domain/opt/apps/git-test/
> tortoiseGIT asks me for a password, I provide it, it's correct, the repository 
> gets created on the local machine and...
> 
> fatal: '/opt/apps/git-test': unable to chdir or not a git archive
> Initialized empty Git repository in C:/path/.git/
> fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
> Failed
> 
> What happened there?

I guess that user does not have sufficient permissions to peek inside /opt/apps/git-test.

-- Hannes