Clone issue

[Joel Kulesza]

On Sat, Jan 1, 2022 at 1:10 PM Baris Erkus <bariserkus at hotmail.com> wrote:

> On 01-Jan-22 11:02 PM, Joel Kulesza wrote:
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 1, 2022 at 12:54 PM Baris Erkus <bariserkus at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> On 01-Jan-22 8:24 PM, Joel Kulesza wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 1, 2022 at 10:05 AM Baris Erkus <bariserkus at hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 01-Jan-22 7:17 PM, Kornel Benko wrote:
>>> > Am Sat, 1 Jan 2022 19:11:38 +0300
>>> > schrieb Baris Erkus <bariserkus at hotmail.com>:
>>> >
>>> >> I am having difficulty to clone the repo with the following command:
>>> >>
>>> >> git clone git://git.lyx.org/lyx
>>> >>
>>> >> or
>>> >>
>>> >> git clone git://git.lyx.org/lyx.git
>>> >>
>>> >> The error is
>>> >>
>>> >> fatal: repository 'https://git.lyx.org/lyx.git/' not found
>>> >>
>>> >> For now, I have cloned the unofficial git repo from github and was
>>> able
>>> >> to compile the program.
>>> >>
>>> >> I have Windows 10 and Git 2.34.1 both x64
>>> >>
>>> > Better
>>> > git clone git://git.lyx.org/lyx
>>> >
>>> > ?
>>> >
>>> >       Kornel
>>> >
>>> Both commands did not work. :(
>>>
>>> I've had issues cloning from git.lyx.org, so I setup a mirror at
>> https://gitlab.com/jkulesza/lyx (git clone
>> https://gitlab.com/jkulesza/lyx.git).
>>
>> I have cloned the source from another mirror on Github, and was able to
>> compile it, so it is OK for now.
>>
>> I just wanted to use the original git repo. The git error is below:
>>
>> fatal: repository 'https://git.lyx.org/lyx.git/' not found
>>
>> I am sure it is trivial but could not catch it.
>>
> What happens if the trailing slash is removed?
>
> - Joel
>
> Does not work. I have tried this. Also tried removing the trailing lyx or
> lyx.git completely.
>
> The git error tells me that git is converting the "git://" protocol to "
> http://" protocol. The addresses "https://git.lyx.org/lyx.git/" and
> "https://git.lyx.org/lyx/" <https://git.lyx.org/lyx/> whether with
> trailing slash or not, do not work on my web browser, so they are indeed
> inaccessible.
>
> Maybe something related to git and the address being anonymous....
>

I would not expect these addresses to work in a web browser.  To view the
website related to this hosting service, you can visit https://git.lyx.org.
To clone the repository, one should be able to use `git clone git://
git.lyx.org/lyx`, though this latter step is what I've had trouble with.

Hope these thoughts help.

Thanks,
Joel
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