Feature #27366

support clone/fetch via http://

Added by Peter Niederlag almost 2 years ago. Updated 5 months ago.

Status:Resolved Start date:2011-06-10
Priority:Should have Due date:
Assignee:Steffen Gebert % Done:

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Category:Gerrit
Target version:-
Votes: 0

Description

Due to firewall restrictions it is sometimes not possible to clone/fetch via git:// (or ssh://) protocol. That's where http:// comes in handy.

Unfortunatly the domain/url scheme that is currently setup provides gitweb access via http:// on the clone/fetch url.

IMO we need to switch gitweb to some other location (http://gitweb.typo3.org for example)

feedback anyone?

History

#1
Updated by Karsten Dambekalns almost 2 years ago

With the "smart HTTP protocol" (the default nowadays IIRC) having both on the same URL is possible, no?

#2
Updated by Peter Niederlag almost 2 years ago

What do you mean by "smart HTTP protocol"?
gitweb and upload/fetch-pack (as invoked from git daemon?) seems to be pretty different to me and I don't know if it works out to serve gitweb and git on same port and hostname via http://.

#3
Updated by Karsten Dambekalns almost 2 years ago

Peter Niederlag wrote:

What do you mean by "smart HTTP protocol"?

http://progit.org/2010/03/04/smart-http.html

gitweb and upload/fetch-pack (as invoked from git daemon?) seems to be pretty different to me and I don't know if it works out to serve gitweb and git on same port and hostname via http://.

http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-http-backend.html explains:

To serve gitweb at the same url, use a ScriptAliasMatch to only those URLs that git http-backend can handle, and forward the rest to gitweb:

ScriptAliasMatch \
        "(?x)^/git/(.*/(HEAD | \
                        info/refs | \
                        objects/(info/[^/]+ | \
                                 [0-9a-f]{2}/[0-9a-f]{38} | \
                                 pack/pack-[0-9a-f]{40}\.(pack|idx)) | \
                        git-(upload|receive)-pack))$" \
        /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend/$1

ScriptAlias /git/ /var/www/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/

That being said, for those being in such a situation they can use https://review.typo3.org/p/... just fine, even temporarily as needed. Of course for clone and simple (non-review-related) fetches it would be nice if that did not put load on the review server, but it works already.

#4
Updated by Jo Hasenau almost 2 years ago

That being said, for those being in such a situation they can use https://review.typo3.org/p/... just fine, even temporarily as needed. Of course for clone and simple (non-review-related) fetches it would be nice if that did not put load on the review server, but it works already.

Currently we are trying to connect to https://review.typo3.org using the settings mentioned in the Tips & Tricks section of the wiki due to firewall restrictions. The https-connect seems to work but then we get a "403 - forbidden" for the URL and the clone process fails.

Testing the same URL within the adress bar of the browser gives the same 403, so it seems that https-access to the repository is broken.

#5
Updated by Steffen Gebert 5 months ago

  • Category set to Gerrit
  • Status changed from New to Resolved
  • Assignee set to Steffen Gebert

Possible now for both git.typo3.org (through gitweb) and also enabled in gerrit

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