OpenWRT git clone fatal: Unable to find remote helper for 'http'

Question

I'm trying to install LINC-Switch to OpenWRT and stuck on following problem:

git clone https://github.com/FlowForwarding/LINC-Switch.git

and get an error:

git fatal: Unable to find remote helper for 'https'

According to this link I've compiled git package without NO_CURL flag in Makefile. I even recompile dist trying to solve the problem.

Any ideas?

possible duplicate of [git clone: fatal: Unable to find remote helper for 'https'](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8329485/git-clone-fatal-unable-to-find-remote-helper-for-https) — Azd325, Mar 19 '14 at 13:19
Did you tried this url too? git@github.com:FlowForwarding/LINC-Switch.git — Azd325, Mar 19 '14 at 13:21
I'm, but https://github.com/FlowForwarding/LINC-Switch/blob/master/rebar.config resolves dependencies via http — Yasha Bubnov, Mar 19 '14 at 13:24

score 40 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 16 '15 at 16:02

40

Just use git-http instead.

opkg remove git
opkg install git-http

answered Aug 16 '15 at 16:02

Nemo Alex

1

Cannot install git-http – technazi May 19 '16 at 12:21
1

Silly me for thinking `opkg install git` would install `git`! – Joe Aug 29 '21 at 15:35

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 07 '18 at 15:12

5

Next to using git-http, as Nemo Alex suggests, you should also have the ca-bundle installed:

opkg update
opkg remove git
opkg install git-http
opkg install ca-bundle

answered Oct 07 '18 at 15:12

Maarten Wolzak

2 Answers2