# git-update-server-info may be required,cannot clone and pull from a remote repository 10 messages from 2007-07-11 to 2007-07-13. Participants: pradeep singh, Alex Riesen, Jakub Narebski, Johannes Schindelin. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/8983 ## pradeep singh, 2007-07-11 14:08 Subject: git-update-server-info may be required,cannot clone and pull from a remote repository Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/a901b49a0707110708o7c883bb0s707d9791f344f1f6%40mail.gmail.com ``` hi All, Please bear with me as i am completely new to git. I tired setting up git repository on one of my Ubuntu 7.04 machines. I followed the howto instruction for setting up a git repo over http using the HOWTO given in the /usr/share/doc/git-doc/howtos . All went correct. Now i am facing some trouble here. 1. I already have a source tree controlled by git on the same machine.I want to make this as the master for the new public repository. I created a bare git repo in it as per the howto. Now i want to commit my local git repo to this public repository.I failed to do so sadly :-/.Can anyone point me to the correct place or link? 2. Even when i did a (from another machine) $git-clone http://100.121.232/work.git work It says, Cannot get remote repository information. Perhaps git-update-server-info needs to be run there? I ran git-update-server on the original machine, restarted even apache2 but still same thing. Can any one help me with this? I ll appreciate some good documents or howtos on setting up git repository painlessly. BTW how am i supposed to use gitweb? PS: I am not an expert sysadmin so i am completely unaware of apache2 tweaks and cgi pecularities. Any help or pointers will be great. Thank you --pradeep -- Pradeep ``` ## Alex Riesen, 2007-07-11 14:31 Subject: Re: git-update-server-info may be required,cannot clone and pull from a remote repository Message-ID: <81b0412b0707110731n4ffa25afoea5395a856869325@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/81b0412b0707110731n4ffa25afoea5395a856869325%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` On 7/11/07, pradeep singh wrote: > I followed the howto instruction for setting up a git repo over http > using the HOWTO given in the /usr/share/doc/git-doc/howtos . > You may want to consider an upgrade to your git installation. But it is unrelated to your problems. > 1. I already have a source tree controlled by git on the same > machine.I want to make this as the master for the new public > repository. I created a bare git repo in it as per the howto. Now i > want to commit my local git repo to this public repository.I failed to > do so sadly :-/.Can anyone point me to the correct place or link? Try Documentation/everyday.txt in git source distribution > 2. Even when i did a (from another machine) > $git-clone http://100.121.232/work.git work > It says, > Cannot get remote repository information. Well, you can try this link in your browser. Does it show something? Does http://100.121.232/work.git/objects/info/packs work? > Perhaps git-update-server-info needs to be run there? Yes. But it wont help unless your web server is setup correctly. > Can any one help me with this? Any reason you cannot use ssh? > I ll appreciate some good documents or howtos on setting up git > repository painlessly. Usually it is as simple as "git init" in directory where you want it. ``` ## pradeep singh, 2007-07-12 05:27 Subject: Re: git-update-server-info may be required,cannot clone and pull from a remote repository Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/a901b49a0707112227m2ea746ectd367031fdc8d3537%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <81b0412b0707110731n4ffa25afoea5395a856869325@mail.gmail.com> ``` On 7/11/07, Alex Riesen wrote: > On 7/11/07, pradeep singh wrote: [snip] > [...] ok, i got the repo up. Thanks for the suggestion Alex. Anyway i could not get gitweb running after running git-instaweb. Any thoughts on how to setup a gitweb interface ? Thanks -- Pradeep ``` ## Jakub Narebski, 2007-07-12 09:58 Subject: Re: git-update-server-info may be required,cannot clone and pull from a remote repository Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/f74tk8%24k21%241%40sea.gmane.org In-Reply-To: ``` [Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Pradeep Singh , Eric Wong (instaweb creator)] pradeep singh wrote: > Anyway i could not get gitweb running after running git-instaweb. > > Any thoughts on how to setup a gitweb interface ? What information does gitweb/INSTALL lack? -- Jakub Narebski Warsaw, Poland ShadeHawk on #git ``` ## pradeep singh, 2007-07-12 12:52 Subject: Re: git-update-server-info may be required,cannot clone and pull from a remote repository Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/a901b49a0707120552y649fba20p4fa14ca48be4be54%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` sorry forgot to CC gitlist in my last mail. On 7/12/07, pradeep singh wrote: > On 7/12/07, Jakub Narebski wrote: > > [Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Pradeep Singh , > > Eric Wong (instaweb creator)] > > > > pradeep singh wrote: > > > > > Anyway i could not get gitweb running after running git-instaweb. > > > > > > Any thoughts on how to setup a gitweb interface ? > > > > What information does gitweb/INSTALL lack? > > May be i am running some old version on my Ubuntu Edgy machine perhaps? > I cannot find such a file anywhere? > > Looks like it is available in newer versions. > Does it works for git-1.4.4? > > thanks for help. > > > > -- > > Jakub Narebski > > Warsaw, Poland > > ShadeHawk on #git > > > > > > > > > -- > Pradeep > -- Pradeep ``` ## Johannes Schindelin, 2007-07-12 13:13 Subject: Re: git-update-server-info may be required,cannot clone and pull from a remote repository Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/Pine.LNX.4.64.0707121411070.4516%40racer.site In-Reply-To: ``` Hi, On Thu, 12 Jul 2007, pradeep singh wrote: > On 7/12/07, pradeep singh wrote: > > On 7/12/07, Jakub Narebski wrote: > > > What information does gitweb/INSTALL lack? > > > > May be i am running some old version on my Ubuntu Edgy machine > > perhaps? I cannot find such a file anywhere? > > > > Looks like it is available in newer versions. Does it works for > > git-1.4.4? IMHO it is not good to start with anything prior to 1.5.0, if you did not have any exposure to older Git. In terms of user friendliness, 1.4.4.4->1.5.0 is a leap by an astronomic unit. Ciao, Dscho ``` ## pradeep singh, 2007-07-12 13:32 Subject: Re: git-update-server-info may be required,cannot clone and pull from a remote repository Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/a901b49a0707120632m1654733as94839e88bd993bb1%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` On 7/12/07, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, 12 Jul 2007, pradeep singh wrote: > > > On 7/12/07, pradeep singh wrote: > > > On 7/12/07, Jakub Narebski wrote: > > > > What information does gitweb/INSTALL lack? > > > > > > May be i am running some old version on my Ubuntu Edgy machine > > > perhaps? I cannot find such a file anywhere? > > > > > > Looks like it is available in newer versions. Does it works for > > > git-1.4.4? > > IMHO it is not good to start with anything prior to 1.5.0, if you did not > have any exposure to older Git. In terms of user friendliness, > 1.4.4.4->1.5.0 is a leap by an astronomic unit. thanks for the update. My question now changes to - If i upgrade to git 1.5.x will i loose my earlier git info and all the stuff? I hope having differnt git versions on different machines does not hurts? Thanks once again for the valuable advice. regards > > Ciao, > Dscho > > -- Pradeep ``` ## Alex Riesen, 2007-07-12 15:05 Subject: Re: git-update-server-info may be required,cannot clone and pull from a remote repository Message-ID: <81b0412b0707120805l105bc692yfa8698293683f492@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/81b0412b0707120805l105bc692yfa8698293683f492%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` On 7/12/07, pradeep singh wrote: > If i upgrade to git 1.5.x will i loose my earlier git info and all the stuff? No > I hope having differnt git versions on different machines does not hurts? It does not hurt, but you'll find you like the new one. ``` ## Jakub Narebski, 2007-07-13 00:17 Subject: Re: git-update-server-info may be required,cannot clone and pull from a remote repository Message-ID: <200707130217.37817.jnareb@gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200707130217.37817.jnareb%40gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` Pradeep Singh wrote: > On 7/12/07, Jakub Narebski wrote: >> [Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Pradeep Singh , >> Eric Wong (instaweb creator)] >> >> pradeep singh wrote: >> >>> Anyway i could not get gitweb running after running git-instaweb. >>> >>> Any thoughts on how to setup a gitweb interface ? >> >> What information does gitweb/INSTALL lack? > > May be I am running some old version on my Ubuntu Edgy machine > perhaps? I cannot find such a file anywhere? You can always look up this file at git.git gitweb (either kernel.org one, or repo.or.cz one), e.g. http://repo.or.cz/w/alt-git.git/:gitweb/INSTALL > Looks like it is available in newer versions. > Does it works for git-1.4.4? The installation instructions may have changed a bit since then. It is much easier to use 1.5.x series, nevertheless. -- Jakub Narebski Poland ``` ## pradeep singh, 2007-07-13 08:27 Subject: Re: git-update-server-info may be required,cannot clone and pull from a remote repository Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/a901b49a0707130127y4ec116bbr3747df1a1e0a86ce%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <200707130217.37817.jnareb@gmail.com> ``` Thank you all for your valuable suggestions and timely help. I am now able to view the git repo in a web browser. Thank you once again for help and for a great tool like git. --pradeep On 7/13/07, Jakub Narebski wrote: > Pradeep Singh wrote: > > On 7/12/07, Jakub Narebski wrote: > >> [Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Pradeep Singh , > >> Eric Wong (instaweb creator)] > >> > >> pradeep singh wrote: > >> > >>> Anyway i could not get gitweb running after running git-instaweb. > >>> > >>> Any thoughts on how to setup a gitweb interface ? > >> > >> What information does gitweb/INSTALL lack? > > > > May be I am running some old version on my Ubuntu Edgy machine > > perhaps? I cannot find such a file anywhere? > > You can always look up this file at git.git gitweb (either kernel.org > one, or repo.or.cz one), e.g. > > http://repo.or.cz/w/alt-git.git/:gitweb/INSTALL > > > Looks like it is available in newer versions. > > Does it works for git-1.4.4? > > The installation instructions may have changed a bit since then. It is > much easier to use 1.5.x series, nevertheless. > > -- > Jakub Narebski > Poland > -- Pradeep ```