[Cialug] git issue - changing username on central repo

[Pixie]

Are you doing `git init` on the server, or are you doing `git init --bare`?



On 2017.01.18 17:18, L. V. Lammert wrote:
> I know there are some git folks here, .. has anyone ever tried to setup a
> central repository for mulitple users? I could not get normal group
> permissions to work, so I change owner to a different user (_svn in this
> case) and then tried to setup working directories.
>
> ssh to the repo server as that user works just fine, .. and the repo is
> owned by the user, .. yet every time I create a repo and try to pull a
> new copy, it chokes:
>
> <new directory>
> <git init>
> <git remote add main _svn@<central_server>:/u/SCM/dbtcp>
>
> -------------------
>
> $ git fetch main
> fatal: '/u/SCM/dbtcp' does not appear to be a git repository
> fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
>
> Please make sure you have the correct access rights
> and the repository exists.
>
> -------------------
>
> The repo seems to be configured properly:
>
> [remote "main"]
> 	url = _svn at apollo:/u/SCM/dbctp/
> 	fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/main/*
>
> AND, here's the kicker, IT WORKS JUST FINE IF THE REPO WAS ALREADY
> EXISTING (I added the _svn user after changing the owner on the central
> repo)!
>
> <different home directory>
> <repo rl = _svn at apollo:/u/SCM/dbctp/ >
> $ git pull
> Already up-to-date.
>
> What could possibly cause a new working directory to behave differently
> than one existing?
>
> 	Lee
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