can't clone git repos via http; info/refs not found

Question

I am trying to make a git repository available for read-only access over http.

I am doing it the old-style way because git-http-backend is not available o

Answer 1

Try the steps mentioned here on git-scm for http/s protocol.

Basically, after doing the git clone --bare , you need to run mv hooks/post-update.sample hooks/post-update withing your bare repository and then do a git update-server-info once and then you should be able to clone the repo.