Problems with FTP PUSH

Problems with FTP PUSH

[Ian S. Worthington]

Hi guys -- 

I have a server without https and so I'm trying to establish if I can host a
repository there using ftp.  The manuals suggest that I can, but when I try: 

>git push -v ftp://user:pw@host//u/path/repos/test/.git/ 
Pushing to ftp://user:pw@host//u/path/repos/test/.git/ 
fatal: unable to access 'ftp://host//u/path/repos/test/.git/': RETR response:
550 

Looking at it with wireshark, I can see the SIZE and the RETR of
.../test/.git/info/refs reports the file does not exist, which is correct and,
as far as I can see, normal(?), but that the RETR failure terminates the push:


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Have I made an error in the setup of my repos, or some other foolish mistake?



Best wishes, 

i 
... 

Ian S Worthington 

Re: Problems with FTP PUSH

[Junio C Hamano]

"Ian S. Worthington" <ianworthington@usa.net> writes:

> I have a server without https and so I'm trying to establish if I can host a
> repository there using ftp.  The manuals suggest that I can, but when I try: 

Which manuals?

IIUC, a dumb HTTP(S) server that accepts only GET can still serve
"git fetch", and an FTP(s) server would be able to do the same using
similar codepath, but I do not think these can accept "git push".  A
dumb HTTP(S) may be able to accept "git push" if it does WebDAV, but
I do not think there is corresponding FTP support at all.