From: Sylvain Saboua <sylvain@saboua.me>
Subject: Re: `populating an empty repository with got send'
To: Gameoftrees <gameoftrees@openbsd.org>
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2026 15:41:02 +0200

I run into the same unsuccessful process on the latest
snapshot in openbsd-current.

On 2026-08-15 01:31, Sylvain Saboua wrote:
> I am setting up a server, hosting an instance of gotd(8).
> 
> I managed to get my repos listed and accessible.
> However, I haven't managed to populate a repo from the
> client side, as per the manual page (EXAMPLES section).
> 
> Here is what I am doing, first on the server side,
> them from the client side.
> 
> srv# mkdir /mnt/git/bkup
> srv# chown _gotd:_gotd /mnt/git/bkup/
> srv# su -m _gotd -c 'gotadmin init /mnt/git/bkup'
> srv# cat >> /etc/gotd.conf <<EOF
>      repository 'bkup' {
>      path '/mnt/git/bkup'
>      permit rw sylvain
>      permit ro anonymous
>      }
>      EOF
> # rcctl restart gotd
> 
> 
>  $ mkdir bkup && echo '#!/bin/sh' > bkup/bkup.sh
>  $ got clone sylvain@srv:bkup
> Connecting to ssh://sylvain@srv/bkup
> got-fetch-pack: could not find any branches to fetch
> got: could not find any branches to fetch
>  $ got import -r bkup.git bkup/
> A  /Users/sylvansab/hax/got/bkup/bkup.sh
> Created branch refs/heads/main with commit 
> 4340e205138bbb32611a289aafa09243e496d3e9
>  $ got checkout -E bkup.git bkup
> E  /Users/sylvansab/hax/got/bkup/bkup.sh
> Checked out refs/heads/main: 4340e205138bbb32611a289aafa09243e496d3e9
> Now shut up and hack
>  $ 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 ?

-- 
Sylvain Saboua
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