Unable to push to cygutils git repo on sourceware

Unable to push to cygutils git repo on sourceware

[Mark Geisert]

Something's likely changed in the 4 years since I last did this :-).

$ git push
fatal: remote error: service not enabled: /git/cygwin-cygutils.git

$ cat .git/config
[core]
         # blah elided
[remote "origin"]
         url = git://sourceware.org/git/cygwin-cygutils.git
         fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
[branch "master"]
         remote = origin
         merge = refs/heads/master

I tried cygwin.com in place of sourceware.org but no change.  Have the 
repositories moved or the access policies changed?
Thanks for any leads,

..mark

Re: Unable to push to cygutils git repo on sourceware

[Brian Inglis]

Hi Mark,

On 2021-09-06 21:46, Mark Geisert wrote:
> Something's likely changed in the 4 years since I last did this :-).

Your memory's faded! ;^>
It's taken me months of use to remember correctly!

For most Cygwin packages it's:

https://cygwin.com/git-cygwin-packages/
https://cygwin.com/git/cygwin-packages/PKG.git	# no longer works!
https://cygwin.com/git/?p=git/cygwin-packages/PKG.git

ssh://cygwin@cygwin.com/git/cygwin-packages/PKG.git

but yours is a Cygwin *app*:

https://cygwin.com/git/cygwin-apps/
https://cygwin.com/git/cygwin-apps/cygutils.git
https://cygwin.com/git?p=cygwin-apps/cygutils.git

ssh://cygwin@cygwin.com/git/cygwin-apps/cygutils.git

> $ git push
> fatal: remote error: service not enabled: /git/cygwin-cygutils.git

> $ cat .git/config
> [core]
>	# blah elided
> [remote "origin"]
>	url = git://sourceware.org/git/cygwin-cygutils.git

	url = ssh://cygwin@cygwin.com/git/cygwin-apps/cygutils

[You may also use any .ssh/config Host alias for cygwin@cygwin.com which 
references your SSH key for Cygwin access]

>	fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* > [branch "master"]
>	remote = origin
>	merge = refs/heads/master

[branch "playground"]
	remote = origin
	merge = refs/heads/playground

> I tried cygwin.com in place of sourceware.org but no change.  Have the 
> repositories moved or the access policies changed?

> Thanks for any leads,

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Re: Unable to push to cygutils git repo on sourceware

[Jon Turney]

On 07/09/2021 06:15, Brian Inglis wrote:
> Hi Mark,
> 
> On 2021-09-06 21:46, Mark Geisert wrote:
>> Something's likely changed in the 4 years since I last did this :-).
> 
> Your memory's faded! ;^>
> It's taken me months of use to remember correctly!
[...]
> 
> but yours is a Cygwin *app*:
> 
> https://cygwin.com/git/cygwin-apps/
> https://cygwin.com/git/cygwin-apps/cygutils.git
> https://cygwin.com/git?p=cygwin-apps/cygutils.git
> 
> ssh://cygwin@cygwin.com/git/cygwin-apps/cygutils.git

Correct URL, but I don't think the username 'cygwin' (which is used with 
ssh key demultiplexing via gitolite) has ever worked for cygwin-apps.

I think you must use a sourceware.org account name, which is a member of 
the cygwin-apps group.

I'll see if I can tweak the URLs presented via gitweb to make this a bit 
clearer.

Re: Unable to push to cygutils git repo on sourceware

[Jon Turney]

On 07/09/2021 04:46, Mark Geisert wrote:
> Something's likely changed in the 4 years since I last did this :-).
> 
> $ git push
> fatal: remote error: service not enabled: /git/cygwin-cygutils.git
> 
> $ cat .git/config
> [core]
>          # blah elided
> [remote "origin"]
>          url = git://sourceware.org/git/cygwin-cygutils.git
>          fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
> [branch "master"]
>          remote = origin
>          merge = refs/heads/master
> 
> I tried cygwin.com in place of sourceware.org but no change.  Have the 
> repositories moved or the access policies changed?
> Thanks for any leads,
> 

So, to answer the question actually asked:

* While there have been some changes, this specific URL still works. 
(However, the published path nowadays is /git/cygwin-apps/cygutils.git)

* We've never supported pushing using the git:// protocol (since this 
protocol doesn't do any authorization, pushes with a it are very rarely 
enabled)

* So you perhaps explicitly did a "git push 
ssh://username@cygwin.com/git/cygwin-apps/cygutils.git" last time you 
pushed changes?

* Since git supports configuring a separate push url, I'd suggest 
something like:

git clone git://cygwin.com/git/cygwin-apps/cygutils.git
git remote set-url origin --push 
ssh://username@cygwin.com/git/cygwin-apps/cygutils.git

I find this convenient (especially when working with remote repositories 
to which other people will push changes), since it lets you pull without 
authenticating, but still push with appropriate authentication.

I've amended https://sourceware.org/cygwin-apps/ to include that 
suggestion and hopefully clarify things.

Re: Unable to push to cygutils git repo on sourceware

[Mark Geisert]

Hi Jon,

Jon Turney wrote:
> On 07/09/2021 04:46, Mark Geisert wrote:
>> Something's likely changed in the 4 years since I last did this :-).

..or something allegedly similar to this...  too much code under the bridge...

>> $ git push
>> fatal: remote error: service not enabled: /git/cygwin-cygutils.git
>>
>> $ cat .git/config
>> [core]
>>          # blah elided
>> [remote "origin"]
>>          url = git://sourceware.org/git/cygwin-cygutils.git
>>          fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
>> [branch "master"]
>>          remote = origin
>>          merge = refs/heads/master
[...]
> 
> So, to answer the question actually asked:
> 
> * While there have been some changes, this specific URL still works. (However, the 
> published path nowadays is /git/cygwin-apps/cygutils.git)
> 
> * We've never supported pushing using the git:// protocol (since this protocol 
> doesn't do any authorization, pushes with a it are very rarely enabled)

OK, makes sense.

> * So you perhaps explicitly did a "git push 
> ssh://username@cygwin.com/git/cygwin-apps/cygutils.git" 
> last time you pushed changes?

That seems pretty likely in retrospect, or @sourceware.org, same IP address.

> * Since git supports configuring a separate push url, I'd suggest something like:
> 
> git clone git://cygwin.com/git/cygwin-apps/cygutils.git
> git remote set-url origin --push 
> ssh://username@cygwin.com/git/cygwin-apps/cygutils.git
> 
> I find this convenient (especially when working with remote repositories to which 
> other people will push changes), since it lets you pull without authenticating, 
> but still push with appropriate authentication.
> 
> I've amended https://sourceware.org/cygwin-apps/ to include that suggestion and 
> hopefully clarify things.

Thank you for the advice and for updating the web docs.  I'll be trying the push 
again shortly and will respond with any issues.
Regards,

..mark