GIT: clone works, remote push doesn't. Remote repository over copssh.

Question

Hi all,

I've "setup-a-msysgit-server-with-copssh-on-windows", following Tim Davis' guide and I was now learning how to use the git commands, following Jason Meridth's guide, and I have managed to get everything working fine, but now I can't pass the push command.

I have set the server and the client on the same machine (for now), win7-x64.

Here is some info of how things are set up:

CopSSH Folder     : C:/SSH/
Local Home Folder : C:/Users/rvc/
Remote Home Folder: C:/SSH/home/rvc/          # aka /cygdrive/c/SSH/home/rvc/
git remote rep    : C:/SSH/home/rvc/myapp.git # empty rep

At '/SSH/home/rvc/.bashrc' and 'Users/rvc/.bashrc':

export HOME=/cygdrive/c/SSH/home/rvc
gitpath='/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/Git/bin'    
gitcorepath='/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/Git/libexec/git-core'
PATH=${gitpath}:${gitcorepath}:${PATH}

So, cloning works (everything bellow is done via "Git Bash here" :P):

rvc@RVC-DESKTOP /c/code
$ git clone ssh://[email protected]:5858/SSH/home/rvc/myapp.git
Initialized empty Git repository in C:/code/myapp/.git/
warning: You appear to have cloned an empty repository.

rvc@RVC-DESKTOP /c/code
$ cd myapp

rvc@RVC-DESKTOP /c/code/myapp (master)
$ git remote -v
origin  ssh://[email protected]:5858/SSH/home/rvc/myapp.git (fetch)
origin  ssh://[email protected]:5858/SSH/home/rvc/myapp.git (push)

Then I create a file:

rvc@RVC-DESKTOP /c/code/myapp (master)
$ touch test.file

rvc@RVC-DESKTOP /c/code/myapp (master)
$ ls
test.file

Try to push it and get this error:

rvc@RVC-DESKTOP /c/code/myapp (master)
$ git add test.file

rvc@RVC-DESKTOP /c/code/myapp (master)
$ GIT_TRACE=1 git push origin master
trace: built-in: git 'push' 'origin' 'master'
trace: run_command: 'C:\Users\rvc\bin\plink.exe' '-batch' '-P' '5858' '[email protected]
68.1.65' 'git-receive-pack '\''/SSH/home/rvc/myapp.git'\'''
git: '/SSH/home/rvc/myapp.git' is not a git command. See 'git --help'.
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

"git: '/SSH/home/rvc/myapp.git' is not a git command. See 'git --help'." .. what?!

So, can anybody help? If you need any aditional information that I've missed, just ask.

Thanks in advanced.

EDIT: RAAAGE!!

I'm having the same problem again, but now with ssh:

rvc@RVC-DESKTOP /c/code/myapp (master)
$ GIT_TRACE=1 git push
trace: built-in: git 'push'
trace: run_command: 'ssh' '-p' '5858' '[email protected]' 'git-receive-pack '\''/
SSH/home/rvc/myapp.git'\'''
git: '/SSH/home/rvc/myapp.git' is not a git command. See 'git --help'.
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

I've tried GUI push, and shows the same message.

git: '/SSH/home/rvc/myapp.git' is not a git command. See 'git --help'.
Pushing to ssh://[email protected]:5858/SSH/home/rvc/myapp.git
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

Here's the currents .bashrc:

C:\Users\rvc.bashrc (I think this is used only by cygwin/git bash):

export HOME=/c/SSH/home/rvc

gitpath='/c/Program Files (x86)/Git/bin'

gitcorepath='/c/Program Files (x86)/Git/libexec/git-core'
export GIT_EXEC_PATH=${gitcorepath}

PATH=${gitpath}:${gitcorepath}:${PATH}

C:\SSH\home\rvc.bashrc (.. and this is used when git connects via ssh to the "remote" server):

export HOME=/c/SSH/home/rvc

gitpath='/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/Git/bin'

gitcorepath='/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/Git/libexec/git-core'
export GIT_EXEC_PATH=${gitcorepath}

PATH=${gitpath}:${gitcorepath}:${PATH}

EDIT 2: Some additional info:

rvc@RVC-DESKTOP /c/code/myapp (master)
$ ssh -p 5858 [email protected] git-receive-pack /SSH/home/rvc/myapp.git
git: '/SSH/home/rvc/myapp.git' is not a git command. See 'git --help'.

EDIT 3:

rvc@RVC-DESKTOP /c/code/myapp (master)
$ git push --receive-pack='git receive-pack' ssh://[email protected]:5858/SSH/home/rvc/myapp.git --a
ll
Counting objects: 3, done.
Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 202 bytes, done.
Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
To ssh://[email protected]:5858/SSH/home/rvc/myapp.git
 * [new branch]      master -> master

Has this did the trick??

git push is running 'git-receive-pack', and it should be 'git receive-pack' ?

My git version is 'git version 1.7.0.2.msysgit.0'

Answer 1

hi,

1) most often cause of this prob - Open a Git Bash window and type echo $HOME – ensure it is set to /c/SSH/Home//. If it is not – enter export HOME=/c/SSH/home/

2) try the GUI interface [same prob?]

Answer 2

Found the answer...

GIT_SSH

If this environment variable is set then git fetch and git push will

use this command instead of ssh when they need to connect to a remote system. The $GIT_SSH command will be given exactly two arguments: the username@host (or just host) from the URL and the shell command to execute on that remote system.

To pass options to the program that you want to list in GIT_SSH you

will need to wrap the program and options into a shell script, then set GIT_SSH to refer to the shell script.

Usually it is easier to configure any desired options through your

personal .ssh/config file. Please consult your ssh documentation for further details.

I just had to delete the GIT_SSH var from the windows environment variables.

I've had it set because I was following Tim Davis' guide, but without using TortoiseGit, and the guide says to point the variable to TortoisePlink (step 4.4), so I assumed I had to pointed to plink.exe :P. O well.. moving to the next problem...

Answer 3

stupid fix (this changed /SSH/home/rvc/.gitconfig):

rvc@RVC-DESKTOP /c/code/myapp (master)
$ git config --global remote.origin.receivepack "git receive-pack"

rvc@RVC-DESKTOP /c/code/myapp (master)
$ git push
Counting objects: 3, done.
Delta compression using up to 4 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (2/2), done.
Writing objects: 100% (2/2), 246 bytes, done.
Total 2 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
To ssh://[email protected]:5858/SSH/home/rvc/myapp.git
   680f32e..2da0df1  master -> master