Re: Unable to 'git push' to /git/cygwin-packages/*

[Mark Geisert <mark@maxrnd.com>]

On 3/14/2024 9:07 AM, Jon Turney via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> On 14/03/2024 15:39, Mark Geisert via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>> On 3/14/2024 2:42 AM, Jon Turney via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>>> On 14/03/2024 05:45, Mark Geisert via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>>>> Hi folks,
>>>> I'm getting the error:
>>>>
>>>> fatal: remote error: service not enabled: /git/cygwin-packages/sshfs
>>>>
>>>> when I attempt 'git push' to that repository.  The same happens with 
>>>> all the repositories for my packages.  It's been this way for a 
>>>> couple days at least.
>>>>
>>>> Have I forgotten some step in the connection at my end?  I'm running 
>>>> ssh-agent.
>>>
[...]
>>> What is the repository URL you are trying to push to (git remote -v)?
>>
>> /usr/src/upstaging/sshfs git remote -v
>> origin     git://cygwin.com/git/cygwin-packages/sshfs (fetch)
>> origin     git://cygwin.com/git/cygwin-packages/sshfs (push)
> 
> This maybe looks like pilot error.
> 
> We don't allow pushing using the git:// protocol (since this protocol 
> doesn't do any authorization, pushes with a it are very rarely enabled)
> 
> 
> I suggest you need to do
> 
>    git push 
> ssh://cygwin@cygwin.com:git/cygwin-packages/sshfs
> 
> to push successfully.
> 
> If that works, I suggest you memorialize that by doing
> 
>    git remote set-url origin --push 
> ssh://cygwin@cygwin.com:git/cygwin-packages/sshfs
> 
> which will cause git to automatically use the ssh URL with a simple 'git 
> push'.

With a minor correction ("/git" instead of "git" in the URL) this works 
fine.  I've made the git config change for all my projects.

> You might like to review the last time we discussed this at [1]
> 
> (Note that's slightly different, as to push to cygwin-apps repositories 
> you must present the key as 
> yourusername-rDBXBDvO6BXQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, whereas for 
> cygwin-packages repositories, you can present the key as 
> cygwin-rDBXBDvO6BWXj1p+fO2waQ@public.gmane.org There are just different 
> due to historical reasons.)
> 
> [1] https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin-apps/2021-September/041539.html

Thanks very much, Jon.

..mark