Question

Basically, I can’t find a workable URI for the EGit Clone Git Repository dialog.

Using protocol git, just as from my command-line clone operation, I’ve tried various URIs with unsatisfactory results. Sometimes, I can’t click the Next button:

git://af-blackpearl.site
git:af-blackpearl.site:myproject

In other cases, I try (and I can click the Next button):

git:af-blackpearl.site/myproject[.git] (with or without extension)

but, I get:

Cannot list the available branches.
Reason:
git:af-blackpearl.site/rest-server:ProxyHTTP: java.io.IOException:
 proxy error: Service Unavailable

When I try:

git://af-blackpearl.site/myproject[.git] (with or without extension)
git://af-blackpearl.site/

I always get something like:

Cannot list the available branches.
Reason:
git://af-blackpearl.site/myproject: Connection refused

Many thanks for any suggestion to follow up on.

Useful Background

• Git administrated using gitolite
• Git remote(s) on Linux host
• My “client” host, Linux, is running Eclipse Helios
• Been using Git via command line; works great

This question is specifically about using the EGit (Eclipse plug-in) dialog. It is not about Git, using Git or even installing the plug-in–all of which do not seem troublesome. Simply, I’ve long been using Git from the command line and am just trying to use the Eclipse-Git integration now.

In /etc/hosts, I have a line:

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx   af-blackpearl.site

for our local Git remote repository. Though I administer Git via a gitolite-admin project, the (physical, filesystem) path to the project I’d like to clone on af-blackpearl.site is

/home/git/repositories/myproject.git

From the command line, I’m used to cloning it from origin thus with consistent success:

$ git clone git:af-blackpearl.site:myproject

Despite looking at the EGit (Google-hosted) documentation and much Googling, I’m having trouble adapting this to the EGit Clone Git Repository dialog (reached thus):

File -> Import... -> Git -> Projects from Git -> Clone

Connection to remote:

russ@russ-elite-book:~> ssh [e-mail]
PTY allocation request failed on channel 0
hello russ, the gitolite version here is v2.0.1-2-g836faf9
the gitolite config gives you the following access:
     R   W     NavigationServlet
     R   W     gitolite-admin
     R   W     ivysample
     R   W     myproject
     R   W     seam-catch
Connection to af-blackpearl.site closed.

Answer 1

If you are using the SSH protocol (I saw you use “ssh [e-mail]“), you should choose “ssh” in protocol. The repository name is myproject (no .git part)