Failed to clone the git repo of lyx.

[Richard Kimberly Heck]

On 1/15/24 02:56, Hongyi Zhao wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 3:05 PM Richard Kimberly Heck
> <rikiheck at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 1/14/24 19:20, Hongyi Zhao wrote:
>>> On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 1:29 AM Richard Kimberly Heck
>>> <rikiheck at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On 1/13/24 20:06, Hongyi Zhao wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm trying to clone the git repo of lyx, but always fail, as shown below:
>>>>>
>>>>> werner at X10DAi:~$ git clone git at git.lyx.org:lyx
>>>>> Cloning into 'lyx'...
>>>>> kex_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host
>>>>> Connection closed by 127.0.0.1 port 18888
>>>>> fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please make sure you have the correct access rights
>>>>> and the repository exists.
>>>>> werner at X10DAi:~$ git clone git://git.lyx.org/lyx
>>>>> Cloning into 'lyx'...
>>>>> fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
>>>>> Please make sure you have the correct access rights
>>>>> and the repository exists.
>>>> It should work now.
>>> Yes. It works now. as shown below, what's wrong with it before?
>> There was some kind of problem on the server.
>>
>> I'm afraid I do not know why the script does not work.
> What's the script mentioned by you above?

You had earlier mentioned a script. But I had in mind the use of the proxy.

>> For me now, I can clone via
>>
>>   > git clone git://git.lyx.org/lyx.git
>>
>> anonymously. Does that work for you from the command line?
> It also works for me, but the speed is very unstable, as shown in the
> attached screenshot.

The cloning operation takes quite a while. The entire repo is nearly a 
gigabyte, and the compression operation on the server is slow. We are 
hoping to migrate to new servers before too long, so this may improve.

Riki