Push Windows to Linux Repository Problem

Push Windows to Linux Repository Problem

[Dennis Putnam]

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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


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Re: Push Windows to Linux Repository Problem

[Andreas Schwab]

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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Re: Push Windows to Linux Repository Problem

[Dennis Putnam]

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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. I never set up that backwards connection. Once I
did, everything started working.

On 12/23/2012 4:06 AM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> 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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Re: Push Windows to Linux Repository Problem

[Robin Rosenberg]

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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.

-- robin