Cloning a Mercurial repository over SSH

Question

I'm having some difficulty cloning my mercurial repository over ssh.

Here's what I have tried:

hg clone ssh://[email protected]/path/to/projectname projectname

It's giving me this error:

remote: bash: hg: command not found
abort: no suitable response from remote hg!

hg is installed on the server, however.

I was trying to follow the instructions on this website.

Answer 1

You need a double // after hostname i.e.:

hg clone ssh://[email protected]//path/to/projectname projectname 

Answer 2

Sounds like hg is not on your path. The Mercurial FAQ mentions possible fixes for this issue: FAQ/CommonProblems.

Add the remotecmd value to your Mercurial configuration by opening ~/.hgrc (or Mercurial.ini on Windows) on your client machine and adding the following:

[ui]
remotecmd = /path/to/hg

where /path/to/hg is the path to the hg command on the remote server.

If you're having problems with your Mercurial configuration, you can use the hg showconfig --debug command to obtain a full list of your Mercurial settings along with the path and line number of the configuration file that defines each configuration value.

Answer 3

Looks like mercurial isn't in your user's PATH on the remote server.