Thanks for the assistance. I upgraded to 1.5.2 and was able to get the GIT repositories setup in conjunction with SSH keys.
I'm still confused as to why ReviewBoard needs git style access when it's setup to use gitweb URLs. On Jan 11, 12:59 pm, Christian Hammond <chip...@chipx86.com> wrote: > Hi, > > The http one is just an example. I'll give you a real-world > example.http://reviews.reviewboard.orguses the following for our Review Board > Git repo: > > Path: git://github.com/reviewboard/reviewboard.git > Mirror Path: g...@github.com:reviewboard/reviewboard.git > Raw file URL > mask:http://github.com/api/v2/yaml/blob/show/reviewboard/reviewboard/<revision> > > The problem in your case is that it's backed by SSH, and you likely > don't have a proper key setup that Review Board can access. > > We just put out the 1.5.2 release, which does a lot to make this > clearer. It provides a more meaningful error when it's hitting key > issues with SSH, and it fixes authentication issues (sometimes leading > to "repository not found" errors) due to some parsing problems. It > also provides SSH key management (admin UI -> Settings -> SSH), > allowing you to create a brand new SSH key for your RB setup (you can > then use the public key provided after creation) to allow access on > the server end. Or you can upload an existing private key for RB to > use. > > Christian > > -- > Christian Hammond - chip...@chipx86.com > Review Board -http://www.reviewboard.org > VMware, Inc. -http://www.vmware.com > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 10:47 AM, NicBinkley <nbink...@vmem.com> wrote: > > thanks for the reply but something still isn't jiving with our setup. > > > Installation information: > > ReviewBoard - version 1.5.1 > > GIT and GITWeb - version 1.7.0.4 > > We're using gitosis to control access to the repositories. > > > Your example shows an http address for the path - does that mean that > > ReviewBoard expects the GIT repositories to be available via http? > > > We don't have http access to the repos so I tried setting the path to: > >http://path/to/gitweb?p=repo.git (the base gitweb address) > > That results in: A repository was not found at the specified path. > > > Our origin URL, as shown by 'git remote show origin', is: > > gitosis@gitserver:repo.git > > Putting that in the Path results in the same not found at specified > > path error. > > > Maybe I should start by asking what requirements ReviewBoard has in > > regards to GIT installations. > > Does it need http access to the repositories? > > Does it need non-authenticated file access? > > Will it work when repositories are available only via SSH key > > authentication and GITWeb? > > > Thanks. > > > On Jan 10, 11:00 pm, Christian Hammond <chip...@chipx86.com> wrote: > >> Hi, > > >> First off, can you tell me which version of Review Board you're using? > > >> Perhaps the documentation is misleading, but what you should be doing > >> is setting Path to be the "origin" URL. Review Board will use Path to > >> attempt to match the repository provided by post-review (which it gets > >> from doing 'git remote show origin'). If you point it to a local URL, > >> it will try to access it, but if you otherwise use a remote URL, it > >> won't try and instead will use the raw URL that was set. > > >> So you'd want: > > >> Path:http://git.example.com/blah/blah/blah.git > >> Raw URL:http://path/to/gitweb/with<file>and<revision> > > >> Does that help? > > >> Christian > > >> -- > >> Christian Hammond - chip...@chipx86.com > >> Review Board -http://www.reviewboard.org > >> VMware, Inc. -http://www.vmware.com > > >> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 6:04 PM, NicBinkley <nbink...@vmem.com> wrote: > >> > I am attempting to setup ReviewBoard to use our GIT repositories on > >> > another server via GitWeb. > > >> > The issue I'm running into is that I cannot complete the ReviewBoard > >> > repository setup UNLESS there is a valid local copy of the GIT repo on > >> > the same server. It will error out when clicking save if the Path is > >> > either not set or set to a "dummy" .git directory. > > >> > All the instructions I've found say that the "Path" is not needed/used > >> > if the "RAW file url mask" is set. > > >> > What did work is cloning the repo to the ReviewBoard server and then > >> > complete the setup using that path as the Path variable but that seems > >> > counter-intuitive to what I want (which is for ReviewBoard to use the > >> > GitWeb URL). > > >> > Is this expected behavior? i.e. is an initial valid repository > >> > required only for setup purposes but after that it's never used? > > >> > Here's a breakdown of what was tried: > > >> > Attempt one: Failed. It also triggered django failure email to root > >> > @ localhost > >> > Hosting Service: Custom > >> > Repository Type: git > >> > Path: <blank> > >> > Mirror Path: <blank> > >> > RAW File Url mask:http://path/to/gitweb/with<file>and<revision> > > >> > Attempt two: Failed with: <django.utils.functional.__proxy__ object > >> > at 0x2ad39488e510> > >> > Hosting Service: Custom > >> > Repository Type: git > >> > Path: /path/to/dummy_repository > >> > Mirror Path: <blank> > >> > RAW File Url mask:http://path/to/gitweb/with<file>and<revision> > > >> > Attempt Three: worked > >> > Hosting Service: Custom > >> > Repository Type: git > >> > Path: /path/to/valid/repository/.git > >> > Mirror Path: <blank> > >> > RAW File Url mask:http://path/to/gitweb/with<file>and<revision> > > >> > -- > >> > Want to help the Review Board project? Donate today > >> > athttp://www.reviewboard.org/donate/ > >> > Happy user? 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