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Push Windows to Linux Repository Problem

Subject: Push Windows to Linux Repository Problem

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4 messages between Dec 23, 2012 and Dec 27, 2012.

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Dennis Putnam· Dec 23, 2012, 00:30 UTC · lore

I think I have my Linux central repository set up correctly. I can pull and push from/to the repository on the Linux host itself. My problem is trying to push commits to that repository from windows. I keep getting "fatal: Could not read from remote repository." When I run 'ls' commands using plink from the command line it works fine with the same credentials. Clearly there is an issue with git on Windows and using SSH to access the remote repository. I'm stuck as to how to debug this. Can anyone point me in the right direction? TIA

Andreas Schwab· Dec 23, 2012, 09:06 UTC · re: Dennis Putnam · lore

Re: Push Windows to Linux Repository Problem

Dennis Putnam <dap1@bellsouth.net> writes:

> I keep getting "fatal: Could not read from remote repository."

Can you "git ls-remote" the repository?

Andreas.

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Dennis Putnam· Dec 23, 2012, 15:28 UTC · re: Andreas Schwab · lore

Re: Push Windows to Linux Repository Problem

Hi Andreas,

Thanks for the reply and no, I could not. However, you put me on the right track. Since I was only pushing/pulling from Windows to/from my Linux repository, I did not realize that an SSH session from the Linux back to Windows would ever be necessary. I don't really understand why but apparently it is. I never set up that backwards connection. Once I did, everything started working.

On 12/23/2012 4:06 AM, Andreas Schwab wrote:

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> Dennis Putnam <dap1@bellsouth.net> writes:
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>> I keep getting "fatal: Could not read from remote repository."
> Can you "git ls-remote" the repository?
>
> Andreas.
>

Robin Rosenberg· Dec 27, 2012, 12:18 UTC · re: Dennis Putnam · lore

Re: Push Windows to Linux Repository Problem

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> Hi Andreas,
> 
> Thanks for the reply and no, I could not. However, you put me on the
> right track. Since I was only pushing/pulling from Windows to/from my
> Linux repository, I did not realize that an SSH session from the
> Linux
> back to Windows would ever be necessary. I don't really understand
> why
> but apparently it is.

No. Git itself does not require a reverse connection of any kind. Maybe the Linux box checks that reverse lookup is set up for the client and refuses connection if reverse lookup of the connecting client's ip does not resolve to a hostname that in turn resolves back to the client's ip. If that is the case the server does not actually try to connect to the client with SSH or otherwise.

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