From 5009126ff0bbd379fcebdc29be68a9468022e4d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawl699qPx-vl_R9tRPPU9THiNKWk75hbLRw" Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 03:37:45 +0000 Subject: Findings --- doc/forum/Do_I_have_naming_ssh_remote_issue__63__.mdwn | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/forum/Do_I_have_naming_ssh_remote_issue__63__.mdwn b/doc/forum/Do_I_have_naming_ssh_remote_issue__63__.mdwn index 9856e7cab..c6f7fd734 100644 --- a/doc/forum/Do_I_have_naming_ssh_remote_issue__63__.mdwn +++ b/doc/forum/Do_I_have_naming_ssh_remote_issue__63__.mdwn @@ -29,12 +29,17 @@ Why doesn't the UUID work? :/ I even [tried renaming the remote to the UUID... didn't work](http://ix.io/gJI) +**Solution**: Neither UUID or the description is used by get. I also should not have resorted to [[special_remotes]] setup for setting up a git remote. + # Issue 1 Keep getting `git-annex-shell: user error (git ["config","--null","--list"] exited 126)` even though when I run `git config` my return error is 0: +**Solution**: This was because my ssh git URL was incorrect. A better error message has been implemented: + # Issue 2 I can't work out the [git-annex remote type for ssh, in order to rename the remote](http://ix.io/gJH). I think the issue here is that my ssh remote name "Jamie's bible" doesn't match with the `git remote` name bible. +**Solution**: A _rw_ git URL configured with `git remote` are not [[special_remotes]]. I confused the two. If you need to define public git URL ([[time capsule use case|future_proofing]]), it is possible with an undocumented `git annex initremote foo type=git location=url`. So to summarise, just manually setup the git remote `git remote add ssh://someplace/path/to/repo` (don't worry about the name) and git-annex will find it! -- cgit v1.2.3