I'm trying to set up a public repository that is cloneable from my web site, similar to what is mentioned at https://git-annex.branchable.com/tips/setup_a_public_repository_on_a_web_site/
I've got a repo from my laptop that I can push to my web server, and I can list
the contents of the .git directory:
$ curl https://example.com/annex/.git/
<html>
<head><title>Index of /annex/.git/</title></head>
<body bgcolor="white">
<h1>Index of /annex/.git/</h1><hr><pre><a href="../">../</a>
<a href="annex/">annex/</a> 12-Mar-2017 17:42 -
<a href="branches/">branches/</a> 12-Mar-2017 17:38 -
<a href="hooks/">hooks/</a> 12-Mar-2017 17:38 -
<a href="info/">info/</a> 12-Mar-2017 17:38 -
<a href="logs/">logs/</a> 12-Mar-2017 17:38 -
<a href="objects/">objects/</a> 12-Mar-2017 17:40 -
<a href="refs/">refs/</a> 12-Mar-2017 17:38 -
<a href="HEAD">HEAD</a> 12-Mar-2017 17:39 23
<a href="config">config</a> 12-Mar-2017 17:40 269
<a href="description">description</a> 12-Mar-2017 17:38 73
<a href="index">index</a> 12-Mar-2017 17:41 1200
</pre><hr></body>
</html>
However, when I try to clone it to simulate what I expect people to do, I get:
$ git clone https://exmaple.com/annex/.git
Cloning into 'annex...
fatal: repository 'https://example.com/annex/.git/' not found
I've configured with git config core.sharedrepository world and git config
receive.denyCurrentBranch updateInstead, but it doesn't seem to be working as I
can't clone the repository over https.
Hmm, that all looks ok. I wonder if you forgot to run
git update-server-info?https://downloads.kitenet.net/.git/ is an example of such a repo, which you can clone. So it certianly works if you set it up right.
That was it! Thanks!
I actually didn't forget to run this, but I did not realize that it needed to be run on the server, so I was running it on my local annex instead. Now that I've run it everything works!