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Exception on first connection attempt to GitHub [message #956811]

Wed, 24 October 2012 16:37

Eclipse User

Dear all,

I'm trying to create a new repository at GitHub following the manual. I already did the first steps at GitHub, but when I try the remote push I'm getting this error during the first connection attempt:

Quote:

Cannot get remote repository refs.

Reason:
Exception caught during execution of ls-remote command

I already verified all my keys after the March issue so I don't have much explanation for this. My specs: Eclipse 3.7.1 with EGit 1.3.0.

Thank you for reading.

[Updated on: Fri, 26 October 2012 14:42] by Moderator

Re: Exception on first connection attempt to GitHub [message #959467 is a reply to message #956811]

Fri, 26 October 2012 14:44

Eclipse User

Hello again,

Today I created a new repo at GitHub and successfully pushed there a dummy project from the command line. Whatever is the issue, it seems solely related to GitHub.

Regards.

Re: Exception on first connection attempt to GitHub [message #960118 is a reply to message #959467]

Sat, 27 October 2012 03:28

Eclipse User

It happens Eclipse needs to have the GIT_SSH environment variable poiting to the ssh bin in order to connect to GitHub. In my case I had to include this in /etc/environment (Ubuntu):

GIT_SSH=/usr/bin/ssh

You have to adapted this to your system.

Thank you for reading.

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