Re: Problem with http URL for stable git tree?

[Tim Bird <tim.bird@am.sony.com>]

Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 12:10:01PM -0700, Tim Bird wrote:
>> Greg,
>>
>> I'm having problems cloning the stable git tree for 2.6.21.
>> Here's what I get:
>>
>> $ git clone http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.21.y.git stable-2.6.21.y
>> Cannot get remote repository information.
>> Perhaps git-update-server-info needs to be run there?
> 
> Ick, don't clone by "http://", please use the git protocol instead:
> 	git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.21.y.git
> 
> that should work better.

I'm behind a firewall that doesn't allow it.  Luckily, the
firewall has some holes to allow me ssh access to a few
external machines.  It looks like I can use a "git:" url on a
box outside the firewall, then clone that to inside Sony
with a "git+ssh:" url.

I'll do that, unless someone else has a better suggestion.
Pushes and pulls will be two steps each, but at least it works.
 -- Tim

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Tim Bird
Architecture Group Chair, CE Linux Forum
Senior Staff Engineer, Sony Corporation of America
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