Questions tagged [git-daemon]
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Why won't git-daemon serve my repository?
I set up .git in a directory on my local machine. I then run:
mkdir a
cd a
git init
git daemon
When I attempt to clone the repository in a, I get the following error:
mkdir b
cd b
git clone git://127.0.0.1
Initialized empty Git repository in…

yazz.com
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Unable to push to git Repository. It hangs after "Writing Objects: 100%"
I am running git daemon with the following command.
c:\cygwin\bin\git daemon --reuseaddr --base-path=/cygdrive/S --export-all --verbose --enable=receive-pack
I am able to clone and pull updates but when I try to push I get
$ git push origin…

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Git 'pre-receive' hook and 'git-clang-format' script to reliably reject pushes that violate code style conventions
Let's immediately start with a scrap of the pre-receive hook that I've already written:
#!/bin/sh
##
format_bold='\033[1m'
format_red='\033[31m'
format_yellow='\033[33m'
format_normal='\033[0m'
##
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Alexander Shukaev
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What is git-daemon?
What is git-daemon? Is it a default git function? I am trying to understand this so that I can host a repository on a server that people can push/pull from.
So far I am able to clone a "--bare" repository onto an Apache server, and then use…

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How to access the Host's machine's localhost 127.0.0.1 from docker container
I hosted Git daemon on local host i.e. '/usr/bin/git daemon --listen=127.0.0.1 --base-path=/opt' as a systemd service and I am trying to access it from docker container. I didn't mentioned the port because I don't want to expose the port to outside…

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git server hosting using git:// protocol, unable to set SO_KEEPALIVE, no such file or directory
I'm on Windows using git version 2.12.2. I ran the following command within a git bash shell:
$ git daemon --reuseaddr --verbose --informative-errors --base-path=/c/ /c/
On another git bash shell, on the same machine that's serving, I tried pushing…

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Starting git-daemon on OS X using launchd
I am trying to set up an internal git server using my OS X desktop (mostly as a test case). Everything works when SSH keys are involved, but I am currently trying to use git-daemon for read-only cloning. If I start up git-daemon in a terminal:
sudo…

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Where are logs of git-daemon saved? (Git on windows using Cygwin)
I am running git-daemon as a windows service. (using Create Process)
The command used in service is:
git daemon --reuseaddr --base-path=/data/test_work/ --export-all \
--verbose --enable=receive-pack
Where do I see the logs of git…

Mudassir Razvi
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Why do git commands just return 'error: daemon terminated'
I run git add . and then it does nothing for a while, and then says error: daemon terminated. This happens with all commands, not just git add How do I fix that? git status does show a bit of information about changes to be committed, but still…

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How to git push from Git for Windows client to git-daemon running on ubuntu
I want to eventually run a git server on a Raspberry Pi but for now I am testing on ubuntu (running on VirtualBox VM). My development machine is Windows 7 64 bit and running Git For Windows v2.32.0.windows.2 (latest).
I have setup the gitserver on…

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How to install git daemon on Ubuntu 10.04
I'm sharing my repository on my
Linux nozim-desktop 2.6.32-24-generic #43-Ubuntu SMP Thu Sep 16 14:17:33 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
and I when I run:
sudo -u git git-daemon --base-path=/home/git/repositories/ --export-all
it says:
sudo: git-daemon:…

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git daemon slow first request on ubuntu 14.04
I've got a couple of ubuntu 14.04.1 boxes running on an vmware esxi rig.
On one server I am running a git-daemon:
sudo git daemon --base-path=. --enable=receive-pack --export-all --verbose
The other server is used as a git "client". Git version is…

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why my git can't push to my server by gitolite use git-daemon
when I use gitolite, ignoring git-daemon, I can do like git clone git://xxx/xxx,but when I push the project, it shows me the error:
Total 2 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
remote: Empty compile time value given to use lib at hooks/update line…

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Cannot clone repo from git daemon
Noob question.
I can't really clone a very basic repo which I am serving through a daemon.
On one terminal
cd /repos
$ git daemon --export-all --reuseaddr --informative-errors --verbose
[12680] Ready to rumble
[16420] Connection from…

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git daemon over ssh - fatal: protocol error: bad line length character: SSH-
I'm created user "gitproxy" on the server side, added my ssh key to its authorized keys and trying to work with git daemon over ssh:
gitproxy:~$ git daemon --port=2222 --verbose
but have the error:
On client side:
o:~/git$ git clone…

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