Problem solved, I was confused to think that got would
automatically register the source/origin credentials when
cloning a repo.

On 2026-08-15 17:26, Simon Harrison wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Aug 2026 15:41:02 +0200
> Sylvain Saboua <sylvain@saboua.me> wrote:
> 
>> >  $ cd bkup
>> >  $ got send -b main
>> > got: origin: remote repository not found
>> >  $ got send -b main sylvain@srv:bkup
>> > got: sylvain@srv:bkup: remote repository not found
>> >
>> > Am I doing a mistake with the send command ?
> 
> It may be worth posting your local got.conf as got is reporting that it
> can't find the remote repo:
> 
>> > got: origin: remote repository not found
> 
I'm sorry ... does got requires a local got.conf file in order to be
able to send updates to the remote server it fetched the repo from ?!
I don't remember needing nor configuring that when I first tried a got
client some time ago ...

> For reference, this is what I use for sending to my servers (with using
> gotd btw):
> 
> $ cat got.conf
> remote "server1" {
>   server server1.com
>   protocol ssh
>   repository "/home/simon/repo/simonh/simonh-scripts.git"
> }
> 
> remote "server2" {
>   server server1.com
>   protocol ssh
>   repository "/home/simon/repo/simonh/simonh-scripts.git"
> }

Thanks, the following worked :

  $ pwd
/Users/sylvansab/hax/got/bkup/
  $ more .got/got.conf
remote "origin" {
         server sylvain@srv
         protocol ssh
         repository "bkup"
}
  $ got send
Connecting to "origin" ssh://sylvain@srv/bkup
1 commit colored; 3 objects found; 1 tree scanned
packing 1 reference; 3 objects; deltify: 100%; uploading pack:  236B 
100%
Server has accepted refs/heads/main

-- 
Sylvain Saboua
looking for a PDP-11