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Fail to clone submodules due to "the unauthenticated git protocol on port 9418 is no longer supported".#20714
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@QuellaZhang
QuellaZhang
opened on Jan 11, 2022

When we cloned cocos2d-x repo today and found the following error:

F:\>git clone --recursive https://github.com/cocos2d/cocos2d-x F:\gitP\cocos2d\cocos2d-x
Cloning into 'F:/gitP/cocos2d/cocos2d-x/tests/cpp-tests/Resources/ccs-res'...
fatal: remote error:
The unauthenticated git protocol on port 9418 is no longer supported.
Please see https://github.blog/2021-09-01-improving-git-protocol-security-github/ for more information.
fatal: clone of 'git://github.com/dumganhar/ccs-res.git' into submodule path 'F:/gitP/cocos2d/cocos2d-x/tests/cpp-tests/Resources/ccs-res' failed
Failed to clone 'tests/cpp-tests/Resources/ccs-res'. Retry scheduled
Cloning into 'F:/gitP/cocos2d/cocos2d-x/tools/bindings-generator'...
fatal: remote error:
The unauthenticated git protocol on port 9418 is no longer supported.
Please see https://github.blog/2021-09-01-improving-git-protocol-security-github/ for more information.
fatal: clone of 'git://github.com/cocos2d/bindings-generator.git' into submodule path 'F:/gitP/cocos2d/cocos2d-x/tools/bindings-generator' failed
Failed to clone 'tools/bindings-generator'. Retry scheduled
Cloning into 'F:/gitP/cocos2d/cocos2d-x/tools/cocos2d-console'...
fatal: remote error:
The unauthenticated git protocol on port 9418 is no longer supported.
Please see https://github.blog/2021-09-01-improving-git-protocol-security-github/ for more information.
fatal: clone of 'git://github.com/cocos2d/cocos2d-console.git' into submodule path 'F:/gitP/cocos2d/cocos2d-x/tools/cocos2d-console' failed
Failed to clone 'tools/cocos2d-console'. Retry scheduled
Cloning into 'F:/gitP/cocos2d/cocos2d-x/tests/cpp-tests/Resources/ccs-res'...
fatal: remote error:
The unauthenticated git protocol on port 9418 is no longer supported.
Please see https://github.blog/2021-09-01-improving-git-protocol-security-github/ for more information.
fatal: clone of 'git://github.com/dumganhar/ccs-res.git' into submodule path 'F:/gitP/cocos2d/cocos2d-x/tests/cpp-tests/Resources/ccs-res' failed
Failed to clone 'tests/cpp-tests/Resources/ccs-res' a second time, aborting

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slackmoehrle

slackmoehrle commented on Jan 12, 2022

@slackmoehrle
slackmoehrle
on Jan 12, 2022
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I see the failure. I tested and the following works:

git clone https://github.com/cocos2d/cocos2d-x
cd cocos2d-x/
git submodule update --init
QuellaZhang
closed this as completedon Jan 12, 2022
Trother555

Trother555 commented on Mar 17, 2022

@Trother555
Trother555
on Mar 17, 2022

Hey, I actually faced this issue. It is said here that the protocol git:// is outdated. You may do this as a workaround:

  1. Replace urls in .gitmodules like this:
$git diff
...
 [submodule "tools/cocos2d-console"]
         path = tools/cocos2d-console
-        url = git://github.com/cocos2d/cocos2d-console.git
+        url = git@github.com:cocos2d/cocos2d-console.git
 [submodule "tools/bindings-generator"]
         path = tools/bindings-generator
-        url = git://github.com/cocos2d/bindings-generator.git
+        url = git@github.com:cocos2d/bindings-generator.git
 [submodule "tests/cpp-tests/Resources/ccs-res"]
         path = tests/cpp-tests/Resources/ccs-res
-        url = git://github.com/dumganhar/ccs-res.git
+        url = git@github.com:dumganhar/ccs-res.git
  1. Sync the new urls: $git submodule sync --recursive
  2. Now $git submodule update --init should work.

I don't know maybe they should update the submodule urls if it won't break something

QuellaZhang
reopened this on Mar 17, 2022
QuellaZhang

QuellaZhang commented on Mar 17, 2022

@QuellaZhang
QuellaZhang
on Mar 17, 2022
Author

Yes, the problem is back. I tried it and it works too, but it's better to fix it upstream, local patching is of no use to us.

diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index b3bdfed93f..7cd9b05dd5 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 [submodule "tools/cocos2d-console"]
         path = tools/cocos2d-console
-        url = git://github.com/cocos2d/cocos2d-console.git
+        url = https://github.com/cocos2d/cocos2d-console.git
 [submodule "tools/bindings-generator"]
         path = tools/bindings-generator
-        url = git://github.com/cocos2d/bindings-generator.git
+        url = https://github.com/cocos2d/bindings-generator.git
 [submodule "tests/cpp-tests/Resources/ccs-res"]
         path = tests/cpp-tests/Resources/ccs-res
-        url = git://github.com/dumganhar/ccs-res.git
+        url = https://github.com/dumganhar/ccs-res.git
\ No newline at end of file

https://github.blog/2021-09-01-improving-git-protocol-security-github/
We’re changing which keys are supported in SSH and removing unencrypted Git protocol. Only users connecting via SSH or git:// will be affected. If your Git remotes start with https://, nothing in this post will affect you. If you’re an SSH user, read on for the details and timeline.

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linked a pull request that will close this issue on Mar 17, 2022
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mentioned this on Mar 17, 2022
Thf772

Thf772 commented on Jul 22, 2024

@Thf772
Thf772
on Jul 22, 2024

I see the failure. I tested and the following works:

git clone https://github.com/cocos2d/cocos2d-x
cd cocos2d-x/
git submodule update --init

Tested on Ubuntu 22.04 WSL with Git 2.34.1 and these commands don't work. On the day I write this message, replacing git submodule update --initwith the following commands do work:

git submodule init
git submodule set-url tools/cocos2d-console https://github.com/cocos2d/cocos2d-console.git
git submodule set-url tools/bindings-generator https://github.com/cocos2d/bindings-generator.git
git submodule set-url tests/cpp-tests/Resources/ccs-res https://github.com/dumganhar/ccs-res.git
git submodule update

The .gitmodule file needs to be updated ASAP. There is a PR over 2 years old that will do exactly that, I can't believe it hasn't been merged already.

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        Fail to clone submodules due to "the unauthenticated git protocol on port 9418 is no longer supported". · Issue #20714 · cocos2d/cocos2d-x