Git clone works with SSH but not HTTP

Question

I have a public repo on a server (apache), I can clone it with SSH from local with :

$ git clone user@myserver:public_html/repo

But the same repo can't be cloned with http :

$ git clone http://myserver/repo 
// fatal: repository 'http://myserver/repo' not found

With a browser I can see the content of my repo when entering (userdir mod is activated and set to be document root) :

http://myserver/repo

and the associated git folder with

http://myserver/repo/.git

I set the folder permission to 755.

What am I doing wrong ?

Which git server are you using? Just be exposing the git repository/files over http(s) is not enough to make it work over http. — Augusto
– Augusto, Commented Oct 19, 2015 at 11:09
Have you tried Git HTTP Smart Device? Or if it falls back to Dumb HTTP put a bare Git repository under your HTTP document root and set up a specific post-update hook, and you’re done. — Hexana
– Hexana, Commented Oct 19, 2015 at 13:40

Hexana · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-19 14:04:27Z

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Try this:

git clone https://[email protected]/repo/.git

or the insecure version:

git clone https://username:[email protected]/repo/.git

Also make sure you are using the latest version of Git.

answered Oct 19, 2015 at 14:04

Hexana

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