"fatal error fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly" when doing "git push origin master"

[Peter]

Hello,

I have installed Gitorious on a local server, and it mostly works well
(i.e. I can create new users and new projects). I believe I have also
uploaded the client SSH key correctly, and have setup the repository
with the correct user permissions ("git:git").

However, when I try to push a new repository to the server, on the
client side I am getting this message:
---------------------------------------------------
>git push origin master
fatal error
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
---------------------------------------------------

On the server site, I get this log entry in log/gitorious_auth.log:
---------------------------------------------------
I, [2008-12-16 10:22:53#9842] INFO -- : Connection from "[my server
ip] 53527 22" (peter): git-receive-pack 'depot4/mainline.git'
---------------------------------------------------

This is the content of my local project's git config file:
---------------------------------------------------
[core]
repositoryformatversion = 0
filemode = true
bare = false
logallrefupdates = true
ignorecase = true

[remote "origin"]
url = git@[my server ip]:depot4/mainline.git
fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*

[branch "master"]
remote = origin
merge = refs/heads/master
---------------------------------------------------

I've been searching for a solution for days now. Any help or hints are
greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[Peter]

Somehow I got this fixed. I moved the repository from /var/gitorious/
repositories to git's home directory (/home/git/repositories). I also
ensured that all repository directories and files are owned by the git
user. That seemed to do the trick.

However, I came accross another problem when I tried to access the
repository from the gitorious web interface on my server. When I try
to view the mainline tree, I get this error:

"We're sorry, but something went wrong.
We've been notified about this issue and we'll take a look at it
shortly."

The error email contains this (first few lines only, I include the
complete message at the end of the message):

##########################################
A Grit::NoSuchPathError occurred in trees#index:

/home/git/gitorious/repositories/depot5/mainline.git
[RAILS_ROOT]/vendor/grit/lib/grit/repo.rb:35:in `initialize'

-------------------------------
Request:
-------------------------------

* URL: http://127.0.0.1:9002/projects/depot5/repos/mainline/trees
* Parameters: {"namespace"=>nil, "project_id"=>"depot5",
"action"=>"index", "path_prefix"=>"/projects/:project_id/
repos/:repository_id", "controller"=>"trees",
"name_prefix"=>"project_repository_", "repository_id"=>"mainline"}
* Rails root: /var/www/gitorious
########################################

I have triple checked that the directory /home/git/gitorious/
repositories/depot5/mainline.git exists and is owned by the git user.
I have checked all configuration files I can find to make sure there
is no other reference to an incorrect repository.

A similar error comes up when I click on two other links under the
Repositories tab ("Commits" and "Source Tree"). "Overview", "Comments"
and "Merge requests" work fine.

Any ideas as to what the problem is? Any hints at all are appreciated.

Thanks,

Peter

============FULL ERROR MESSAGE==========
A Grit::NoSuchPathError occurred in trees#index:

/home/git/gitorious/repositories/depot5/mainline.git
[RAILS_ROOT]/vendor/grit/lib/grit/repo.rb:35:in `initialize'

-------------------------------
Request:
-------------------------------

* URL: http://127.0.0.1:9002/projects/depot5/repos/mainline/trees
* Parameters: {"namespace"=>nil, "project_id"=>"depot5",
"action"=>"index", "path_prefix"=>"/projects/:project_id/
repos/:repository_id", "controller"=>"trees",
"name_prefix"=>"project_repository_", "repository_id"=>"mainline"}
* Rails root: /var/www/gitorious

-------------------------------
Session:
-------------------------------

* @cgi: #<Mongrel::CGIWrapper:0xb715d634
@args=nil,
@cookies=
{"_learningrails_9_session"=>
["BAh7BiIKZmxhc2hJQzonQWN0aW9uQ29udHJvbGxlcjo6Rmxhc2g6OkZsYXNo
%0ASGFzaHsABjoKQHVzZWR7AA%3D
%3D--7c4dd0e7fc16f43fa2827a4f2403c8402268c6ae"],
"_session_id"=>["326a99c9bf71319238e7f955c7c4e1ce"],
"_ks1_session_id"=>
["BAh7CDoOcmV0dXJuX3RvMDoMdXNlcl9pZGkPIgpmbGFzaElDOidBY3Rpb25D
\nb250cm9sbGVyOjpGbGFzaDo6Rmxhc2hIYXNoewAGOgpAdXNlZHsA--863e0d1fc8cbea1e7e3b2ea9179534c86872a314"],
"preferred_auth"=>["database"],
"tracks_login"=>["peter"],
"_rails-base_session"=>
["BAh7BzoMdXNlcl9pZDAiCmZsYXNoSUM6J0FjdGlvbkNvbnRyb2xsZXI6OkZs
\nYXNoOjpGbGFzaEhhc2h7AAY6CkB1c2VkewA=--
eb0330abbb4c1bb1e57e8607b3e78b50aa7fff22"]},
@default_really_final=false,
@handler=
#<Mongrel::Rails::RailsHandler:0xb708d844
@active_request_path="/projects/depot5/repos/mainline/trees",
@files=
#<Mongrel::DirHandler:0xb708d344
@default_content_type="application/octet-stream",
@index_html="index.html",
@listing_allowed=false,
@path="/var/www/gitorious/public">,
@guard=#<Mutex:0xb708ce58>,
@listener=
#<Mongrel::HttpServer:0xb78df420
@acceptor=#<Thread:0xb6d67ea8 sleep>,
@classifier=
#<Mongrel::URIClassifier:0xb78df3d0
@handler_map={"/"=>[#<Mongrel::Rails::RailsHandler:
0xb708d844 ...>]},
@matcher=//,
@root_handler=[#<Mongrel::Rails::RailsHandler:
0xb708d844 ...>]>,
@host="127.0.0.1",
@num_processors=1024,
@port=9002,
@socket=#<TCPServer:0xb78df3e4>,
@throttle=0.0,
@timeout=60,
@workers=#<ThreadGroup:0xb78df3a8>>>,
@head={},
@input=#<StringIO:0xb715d9a4>,
@multipart=false,
@out_called=false,
@output_cookies=nil,
@output_hidden=nil,
@params={},
@request=
#<Mongrel::HttpRequest:0xb715d9b8
@body=#<StringIO:0xb715d9a4>,
@dispatchers=[],
@params=
{"SERVER_NAME"=>"127.0.0.1",
"HTTP_ACCEPT"=>
"text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/
*;q=0.8",
"HTTP_HOST"=>"127.0.0.1:9002",
"HTTP_X_FORWARDED_HOST"=>"192.168.111.200:100",
"HTTP_USER_AGENT"=>
"Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:
1.9.0.4) Gecko/2008102920 Firefox/3.0.4",
"REQUEST_PATH"=>"/projects/depot5/repos/mainline/trees",
"SERVER_PROTOCOL"=>"HTTP/1.1",
"HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE"=>"en-us,en;q=0.5",
"REMOTE_ADDR"=>"127.0.0.1",
"PATH_INFO"=>"/projects/depot5/repos/mainline/trees",
"SERVER_SOFTWARE"=>"Mongrel 1.1.5",
"SCRIPT_NAME"=>"/",
"HTTP_REFERER"=>
"http://192.168.111.200:100/projects/depot5/repos/mainline",
"HTTP_COOKIE"=>
"preferred_auth=database; tracks_login=peter;
_learningrails_9_session=BAh7BiIKZmxhc2hJQzonQWN0aW9uQ29udHJvbGxlcjo6Rmxhc2g6OkZsYXNo
%250ASGFzaHsABjoKQHVzZWR7AA%253D
%253D--7c4dd0e7fc16f43fa2827a4f2403c8402268c6ae; _rails-
base_session=BAh7BzoMdXNlcl9pZDAiCmZsYXNoSUM6J0FjdGlvbkNvbnRyb2xsZXI6OkZs
%0AYXNoOjpGbGFzaEhhc2h7AAY6CkB1c2VkewA%3D--
eb0330abbb4c1bb1e57e8607b3e78b50aa7fff22;
_ks1_session_id=BAh7CDoOcmV0dXJuX3RvMDoMdXNlcl9pZGkPIgpmbGFzaElDOidBY3Rpb25D
%0Ab250cm9sbGVyOjpGbGFzaDo6Rmxhc2hIYXNoewAGOgpAdXNlZHsA--863e0d1fc8cbea1e7e3b2ea9179534c86872a314;
_session_id=326a99c9bf71319238e7f955c7c4e1ce",
"HTTP_VERSION"=>"HTTP/1.1",
"HTTP_X_FORWARDED_SERVER"=>"ubuntuserver.futureshock.com.au",
"REQUEST_URI"=>"/projects/depot5/repos/mainline/trees",
"SERVER_PORT"=>"9002",
"HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"=>"192.168.111.49",
"HTTP_ACCEPT_CHARSET"=>"ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.7",
"REQUEST_METHOD"=>"GET",
"GATEWAY_INTERFACE"=>"CGI/1.2",
"HTTP_CONNECTION"=>"Keep-Alive",
"HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING"=>"gzip,deflate"},
@socket=#<TCPSocket:0xb715e2b4>>,
@response=
#<Mongrel::HttpResponse:0xb715d9e0
@body=#<StringIO:0xb715d968>,
@body_sent=false,
@header=
#<Mongrel::HeaderOut:0xb715d904
@allowed_duplicates=
{"WWW-Authenticate"=>true,
"Set-Cookie2"=>true,
"Warning"=>true,
"Set-Cookie"=>true},
@out=#<StringIO:0xb715d92c>,
@sent={"Date"=>true}>,
@header_sent=false,
@reason=nil,
@socket=#<TCPSocket:0xb715e2b4>,
@status=404,
@status_sent=false>,
@stdinput=#<IO:/dev/null>>
* @data: {:return_to=>nil, :user_id=>10, "flash"=>{}}
* @session_id:
"BAh7CDoOcmV0dXJuX3RvMDoMdXNlcl9pZGkPIgpmbGFzaElDOidBY3Rpb25D
\nb250cm9sbGVyOjpGbGFzaDo6Rmxhc2hIYXNoewAGOgpAdXNlZHsA--863e0d1fc8cbea1e7e3b2ea9179534c86872a314"
* @new_session: false

-------------------------------
Environment:
-------------------------------

* 23: GATEWAY_INTERFACE
* 23: HTTP_ACCEPT
* 23: HTTP_ACCEPT_CHARSET
* 23: HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING
* 23: HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE
* 23: HTTP_CONNECTION
* 23: HTTP_COOKIE
* 23: HTTP_HOST
* 23: HTTP_REFERER
* 23: HTTP_USER_AGENT
* 23: HTTP_VERSION
* 23: HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR
* 23: HTTP_X_FORWARDED_HOST
* 23: HTTP_X_FORWARDED_SERVER
* 23: PATH_INFO
* 23: REMOTE_ADDR
* 23: REQUEST_METHOD
* 23: REQUEST_PATH
* 23: REQUEST_URI
* 23: SCRIPT_NAME
* 23: SERVER_NAME
* 23: SERVER_PORT
* 23: SERVER_PROTOCOL
* 23: SERVER_SOFTWARE

* Process: 12088
* Server : home

-------------------------------
Backtrace:
-------------------------------

[RAILS_ROOT]/vendor/grit/lib/grit/repo.rb:35:in `initialize'
[RAILS_ROOT]/app/models/repository.rb:102:in `new'
[RAILS_ROOT]/app/models/repository.rb:102:in `git'
[RAILS_ROOT]/app/models/repository.rb:107:in `has_commits?'
[RAILS_ROOT]/app/controllers/application.rb:62:in
`check_repository_for_commits'
[RAILS_ROOT]/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/
callbacks.rb:173:in `send'
[RAILS_ROOT]/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/
callbacks.rb:173:in `evaluate_method'
[RAILS_ROOT]/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/
callbacks.rb:161:in `call'
[RAILS_ROOT]/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/
filters.rb:430:in `call'
[RAILS_ROOT]/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/
filters.rb:592:in `run_before_filters'
[RAILS_ROOT]/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/
filters.rb:578:in `call_filters'
[RAILS_ROOT]/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/
filters.rb:573:in `perform_action_without_benchmark'
[RAILS_ROOT]/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/
benchmarking.rb:68:in `perform_action_without_rescue'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/benchmark.rb:293:in `measure'
[RAILS_ROOT]/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/
benchmarking.rb:68:in `perform_action_without_rescue'
[RAILS_ROOT]/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/rescue.rb:
201:in `perform_action_without_caching'
[RAILS_ROOT]/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/caching/
sql_cache.rb:13:in `perform_action'
[RAILS_ROOT]/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/
connection_adapters/abstract/query_cache.rb:33:in `cache'
[RAILS_ROOT]/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/
query_cache.rb:8:in `cache'
[RAILS_ROOT]/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/caching/
sql_cache.rb:12:in `perform_action'
[RAILS_ROOT]/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb:
529:in `send'
[RAILS_ROOT]/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb:
529:in `process_without_filters'
[RAILS_ROOT]/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/
filters.rb:569:in `process_without_session_management_support'
[RAILS_ROOT]/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/
session_management.rb:130:in `process'
[RAILS_ROOT]/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb:
389:in `process'
[RAILS_ROOT]/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/
dispatcher.rb:149:in `handle_request'
[RAILS_ROOT]/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/
dispatcher.rb:107:in `dispatch'
[RAILS_ROOT]/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/
dispatcher.rb:104:in `synchronize'
[RAILS_ROOT]/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/
dispatcher.rb:104:in `dispatch'
[RAILS_ROOT]/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/
dispatcher.rb:120:in `dispatch_cgi'
[RAILS_ROOT]/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/
dispatcher.rb:35:in `dispatch'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/rails.rb:76:in
`process'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/rails.rb:74:in
`synchronize'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/rails.rb:74:in
`process'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:159:in
`process_client'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:158:in
`each'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:158:in
`process_client'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in
`run'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in
`initialize'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in
`new'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in
`run'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:268:in
`initialize'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:268:in
`new'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:268:in
`run'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/
configurator.rb:282:in `run'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/
configurator.rb:281:in `each'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/
configurator.rb:281:in `run'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/mongrel_rails:128:in
`run'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/command.rb:
212:in `run'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/mongrel_rails:281
/usr/bin/mongrel_rails:19:in `load'
/usr/bin/mongrel_rails:19

===================END ERROR MESSAGE===============

[Peter]

Found the cause of this problem. The application server was running
under a different user to what the git daemon and the owner of the git
repos. As soon as I changed the application server user to match that
of git, the problem was solved.

Regards,

Peter

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