From: Sylvain Saboua Subject: Re: `populating an empty repository with got send' To: Simon Harrison Cc: Gameoftrees Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2026 18:08:36 +0200 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 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