Question

I’m trying to clone a remote git repo through ssh. When I try ssh into the remote host it prompts for password and works:

$ ssh gerry@5.12.221.37

However when I tried cloning the repository it gives this error

$ git clone ssh://gerry@5.12.221.37:/home/gerry/gitrepos/Test.git
ssh: Could not resolve hostname 5.12.221.37:: nodename nor servname provided, or not known
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

There isn’t any network issue since I can even perform telnet to 5.12.221.37 port 22.

I’m using mac osx 10.8, does anyone know how I can troubleshoot / resolve this problem?

Answer 1

Get rid of the colon:

git clone ssh://gerry@5.12.221.37/home/gerry/gitrepos/Test.git