Re: [IBMiOSS] Git clone - Unable to find remote helper for http(s)

[Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>]

> But anyway it is kinda moot - the IBM port of git should support http and
https regardless.

Agreed, and it's coming.  I was just trying to help you get over the hurdle
until it gets here.

Aaron Bartell
IBM i hosting, starting at $157/month.  litmis.com/spaces


On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 1:00 PM, Kevin Turner <
kevin.turner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This is a Bonobo instance on a Windows server and it ain't great.  But
> anyway it is kinda moot - the IBM port of git should support http and https
> regardless.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: OpenSource [mailto:opensource-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Aaron Bartell
> Sent: 10 December 2016 18:42
> To: IBMi Open Source Roundtable <opensource@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [IBMiOSS] Git clone - Unable to find remote helper for http(s)
>
> > I can't use the git URL to access these repos.  They are on an internal
> git server that does not support the "git" protocol - only http(s) and
> ssh  :(
>
>
> I've run internal Git servers on IBM i and can access them using ssh.  For
> example,
>
> $ git clone git@ibmi_ip:/repos/test.git
>
> Aaron Bartell
> IBM i hosting, starting at $157/month.  litmis.com/spaces
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 8:20 AM, Kevin Turner <
> kevin.turner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I can't use the git URL to access these repos.  They are on an
> > internal git server that does not support the "git" protocol - only
> > http(s) and ssh :(
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: OpenSource [mailto:opensource-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> > Aaron Bartell
> > Sent: 09 December 2016 14:08
> > To: IBMi Open Source Roundtable <opensource@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: [IBMiOSS] Git clone - Unable to find remote helper for
> > http(s)
> >
> > It needs an HTTP/S-capable cURL (or similar).  I've submitted an RFE
> > to get this fixed but I couldn't get to the RFE site this morning so I
> > don't have a link for people to vote :-(
> >
> > Work around is to use the git URL to access remote repos instead of
> https.
> > Aaron Bartell
> > IBM i hosting, starting at $157/month.  litmis.com/spaces
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 10:29 AM, Kevin Turner
> > <kevin.turner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > We seem to have acquired a problem with Git on the IBMi in that we
> > > can no longer clone a repo (using http or https).  It is hard to
> > > know when this happened because we don’t very often clone a repo on
> > > an IBMi (just commit/push/pull).
> > >
> > > Example:
> > >
> > > git clone --progress -v http://<userid>:<password>@
> > > hostname/gitrepo.git<http://%3cuserid%3e:%3cpassword%3e@hostname/git
> > > re
> > > po.git>
> > > /tmp/rns_htdocs
> > > Cloning into '/tmp/rns_htdocs'...
> > > fatal: Unable to find remote helper for 'http'
> > >
> > > Anyone else seen this?
> > > [https://www.netcracker.com/assets/img/netcracker-social-final.png]
> > > ƕ