Why won't git-daemon serve my repository?

Question

I set up .git in a directory on my local machine. I then run:

mkdir a cd a git init git daemon

When I attempt to clone the repository in a, I get the following error:

mkdir b cd b git clone git://127.0.0.1 Initialized empty Git repository in /b/127.0.0.1/.git/ fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

How can I clone my repository over the git protocol?

Answer 1

You need to let git-daemon know it may export your repository:

$ git init --bare /tmp/my-repo.git Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/my-repo.git/  $ git daemon --verbose --base-path=/tmp --export-all /tmp/my-repo.git &  $ git clone git://`hostname`/my-repo.git Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/my-repo/.git/ warning: You appear to have cloned an empty repository.

A far better way is to run it from xinetd. Create and tweak /etc/xinetd.d/git along the lines of

# description: The git server offers access to git repositories service git {         disable = no         type            = UNLISTED         port            = 9418         socket_type     = stream         wait            = no         user            = nobody         server          = /usr/local/bin/git         server_args     = daemon --inetd --export-all --base-path=/pub/scm         log_on_failure  += USERID } 

Don't forget to sudo killall -HUP xinetd. Now, all git repositories beneath /pub/scm will be available to anyone who asks.