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Mah005
Mah005

Reputation: 11

Linux Git remote to windows server 2016

I am facing an issue when doing on Linux Ubuntu

git init
git remote add origin username@domain@server_IP:e:/myRepo
git fetch origin

After entering my password, I have this message:

fatal: ''e:/myRepo'' does not appear to be a git repository    
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.    
Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists.

I searched and found people with the "same issue", but the reason I am posting this question is that I went through the proposed solutions and none of them worked for me.

Here is my situation:

-bare repository on windows server 2016 running OpenSSH. (e:\myRepo with full rights for everyone)

-was able to do the operation from Windows10 PCs by using powershell to run additional git commands

git init
git remote add origin username@domain@server_IP:e:/myRepo
git config --local remote.origin.uploadpack "powershell git-upload-pack"
git config --local remote.origin.receivepack "powershell git-receive-pack"
git fetch origin

Thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 244

Answers (1)

L. J.
L. J.

Reputation: 136

Your workaround settings

git config --local remote.origin.uploadpack "powershell git-upload-pack"
git config --local remote.origin.receivepack "powershell git-receive-pack"

are in the Git For Windows wiki

Answer

You have to apply those workaround fixes on all your git clients (Windows, *nix), so long as the Git Server is Windows.

Explanation

Those double-quotes in error message's path (E.g. ''C:\some\path'') are related to the Git Server's default shell (i.e. Command Prompt, since it's OS is Windows) not parsing paths correctly, before passing them to git-upload-pack and git-receive-pack.

You get similar error messagesfor git clone (as in the stated link), git push, git remote -v, and in your case, git fetch.

Example of an error

$ git remote -v
origin git@windowshost:C:/some.git/
$ git push origin
fatal: ''C:/some.git/'' does not appear to be a git repository

Upvotes: 1

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