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

[Jon Turney <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>]

On 15/03/2024 09:00, Mark Geisert via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> 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-rDBXBDvO6BXQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org: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-rDBXBDvO6BXQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org: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.

Oops. Yes. Of course that's right, my mistake.

Glad to hear that things are working again for you!