Git Peer to Peer sharing - fatal: read error: Invalid argument

Question

In Git, i tried peer to peer sharing in my local network, but ended with the error "fatal: read error: Invalid argument".

I followed below steps.

PC1:

$cd /d/all-repos
$git daemon --verbose --export-all –base-path=.

PC2:

$cd <repository name>
$git remote add developer1 git://<PC1 name or IP address>/testrepo
$git fetch developer1
fatal: read error: Invalid argument

Git version : git version 1.7.11.msysgit.0 OS: Win XP Note: Added the git port 9418 in firewall settings on both the PC's.

Pls Guide me how to solve this.

I'd be wary of using `.` in your base-path (which only has one - BTW). Does using `--base-path=/d/all-repos` change anything? Also, what goes `git fetch -v` show? — brianz, Aug 10 '12 at 02:54
You can use `GIT_TRACE=2 git ` to see a bit more of what is going on. — user1338062, Sep 05 '12 at 06:30
I realize this is probably just a typo in your post, but you did put 2 dashes before base-path, right? — Jonathan Wren, Jan 15 '13 at 00:48

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 12 '13 at 13:55

When doing the following steps, everything works:

~/git1$ git init foo
# create some commits in foo
~/git1$ git daemon --verbose --export-all --port=9999 --base-path=$PWD

~/git1$ cd ../git2
~/git2$ git clone git://[::1]:9999/foo
# cloning works

Which means that either something is bad with either of your repositories or that it is not a git issue but a network issue. In any case, you should try solving your problem with a more interactive process than stackoverflow, maybe some IRC #git channel.

Git Peer to Peer sharing - fatal: read error: Invalid argument

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