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I thought I set up my key pairs correctly -- I can do git pulls. I can do git commits. But when I do a git push, it counts objects, decompresses, then says: fatal: the remote end hung up unexpectedly.

What's the issue here?

I'm a super user, so it's not folder writable / readable access problems -- it must be the way I set up the encryption key pair... how do I debug this ... since git pull works?

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What's the -1 for ? – Dirk Apr 11 '10 at 8:27
Are you using git:// or ssh://? – pehrs Apr 11 '10 at 8:52
ssh:// .............. – Dirk Apr 11 '10 at 8:56
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Are you sure you have write access to the GIT repository?

  1. If you are you using the git:// protocol: You can't push over git:// without special settings. Write access defaults to disabled, as far as I know.
  2. If you are using the ssh:// protocol: Log in normally and check if you have write access to the git repository. Navigate to it and try to touch a new file. Then remove the new file.
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can't write to the git repository ... even as a super user, unless i invoke sudo – Dirk Apr 11 '10 at 9:11
So there is your problem. Make sure you have write access as the user. Typically you do this by creating/using a group (users, gitusers or similar) and then assigning that group to the repository. Give the group write access. You might have to fiddle a bit to ensure that new files are created with correct GID. – pehrs Apr 11 '10 at 9:18
thanks a lot: another quick question: my ubuntu came with a www directory which contains all of our web content ... with root as owner and root as group. should i change this to a different owner / group? – Dirk Apr 11 '10 at 9:23
nevermind ... got it! – Dirk Apr 11 '10 at 9:43
I would upvote you; but I don't have rep :) – Dirk Apr 11 '10 at 9:44
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