Deploy a GIT project on OVH "Mutualisé" (shared)

Question

I followed this tutorial (in french), which is very well explained and understandable. I have knowledge of GIT, because I use my own server to version my projects in Gitlab.

I am asked to see the progress of a project. So I try for some days to install GIT on a shared host OVH (PRO account).

The final goal is to reproduce what is explained in the tutorial, and merge the code directly on the OVH server.

I follow the steps.

1. I initializes the git on the server : git init --bare
2. I then created a local folder, and I cling it to the remote git : git remote add origin ssh://user@ftp.domain_name.com/folder/test.git
3. Then I try to push the local code with the remote : git push origin master

And I get the following error : fatal: protocol error: bad line length character: Usin

What is this error? Why do I get this, whatever the method used?

EDIT :

$  GIT_TRACE=2 GIT_TRACE_PACKET=2 git push origin master
10:53:29.947071 git.c:348               trace: built-in: git 'push' 'origin' 'master'
10:53:29.947071 run-command.c:335       trace: run_command: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\PuTTY\plink.exe' 'user@ftp.domaine_name.com' 'git-receive-pack '\''/folder/test.git'\'''
fatal: protocol error: bad line length character: Usin

EDIT 2 : Running another commands :

ssh user@ftp.domain_name.com git-receive-pack folder/test.git
00700000000000000000000000000000000000000000 capabilities^{} report-status delete-refs side-band-64k ofs-delta
0000

Or (from the root /folder):

ssh user@ftp.domain_name.com git-receive-pack /folder/test.git
fatal: '/folder/test.git' does not appear to be a git repository

And if I do a ls in the remote git folder :

~/folder/test.git $ ls
    branches  config  description  HEAD  hooks  info  objects  refs

Answer 1

I just tried my own tutorial (which you asked for help onto) to if it works and it still does. I believe there's an issue in the way you understand the tutorial or in your Windows Git configuration.

Here's what I did step by step:

Supposing you have a git folder in your OVH's server home dir. On my local machine:

$ mkdir test.git
$ cd test.git
$ git init --bare
$ cd ..
$ scp -r test.git {user}@ssh.cluster{XXX}.ovh.net:git
$ rm -rf test.git

If you already having issues here, there's definitely something wrong with your Git config. Then, let's use the newly created repo:

$ git clone {user}@ssh.cluster{XXX}.ovh.net:git/test.git

That's it.

I don't have any specific Git configuration that says whether to use HTTPS over SSH or such.

Keep in mind that, as far as I remember, the OVH server hasn't access to the outside world unless by FTP and SSH. You might want to verify this tho.

Answer 2

For OVH Hébergement Web mutualisé, I found the following solution.

-> Generate public/private key pair through PuTTYgen PuTTY Key Generator

-> Add your public key to the server in this well hidden location:

Mon Compte > Mes Services > Clés SSH > Ajouter clé SSH > Dédié

https://www.ovh.com/manager/dedicated/#/billing/autorenew/ssh

-> Use Pageant (Putty authentication agent) and add the private key corresponding to the public key configured through the OVH manager

-> Test that SSH works:

From the local machine command prompt:

C:\gittest> ssh myusername@ftp.cluster006.ovh.net

It provides a shell on the remote machine after entering the password for the private key corresponding to the public key configured on the server

-> On the remote machine do:

Welcome to OVH
username@ssh02.cluster006.gra.hosting.ovh.net (php/7.3/production/stable) ~ $ mkdir gittest
username@ssh02.cluster006.gra.hosting.ovh.net (php/7.3/production/stable) ~ $ cd gittest
username@ssh02.cluster006.gra.hosting.ovh.net (php/7.3/production/stable) ~/gittest $ git init
Dépôt Git vide initialisé dans /home/username/gittest/.git/
username@ssh02.cluster006.gra.hosting.ovh.net (php/7.3/production/stable) ~/gittest $ pwd
/homez.732/myusername/gittest
username@ssh02.cluster006.gra.hosting.ovh.net (php/7.3/production/stable) ~/gittest $ exit

!! homez.732 is to be used in the git clone command !!

-> Now on the local machine

C:\> git clone ssh://myusername@ssh.cluster006.hosting.ovh.net/homez.732/myusername/gittest/ -v
Cloning into 'gittest'...
remote: Décompte des objets: 3, fait.
remote: Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
Receiving objects: 100% (3/3), done.
C:> cd gittest
C:\gittest>

In my case, I have a fail when I try direct access without homez.732 like

C:\> git clone ssh://username@ftp.cluster006.ovh.net:gittest/
Cloning into 'gittest'...
fatal: '/' 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.