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Kyaw Min Thu L
Kyaw Min Thu L

Reputation: 547

Cannot clone mercurial server from http URL

I can clone my project from a mercurial repository via SSH connection.

hg clone --debug ssh://[email protected]/mercurial/MyAndroidStudioProject

But I cannot clone this same project via HTTP connection.

hg clone --debug http://192.268.0.4:8888/MyAndroidStudioProject/

The process hangs after this log.

using http://192.268.0.4:8888/MyAndroidStudioProject/
sending capabilities command
destination directory: MyAndroidStudioProject
query 1; heads
sending batch command
requesting all changes
sending getbundle command

I can access this HTTP URL from a web browser but I cannot clone from terminal and AndroidStudio. May I know the root cause of this problem and how can I solve it? Thanks.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 263

Answers (1)

alexis
alexis

Reputation: 50180

How are you serving your repository from the server? Sounds like you may be trying to access it over a regular Apache service, which will not Just Work. The server must be able to respond to mercurial-specific requests (like getbundle in your log), which requires some setup from you.

The easiest way to serve a repo over HTTP: Use SSH to log on to your server, cd to your repo and type hg serve. This is enough to clone over HTTP, though you probably don't want to leave it running long-term-- and it will only give you read-only access. For more functionality, see the section Serving over HTTP using CGI in the Mercurial book. It doesn't sound like a piece of cake, so my advice would be to find another way to get your job done.

The Mercurial book discusses your options in some detail in this chapter.

Upvotes: 1

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