Unable to connect to (local) repo using http

[brianread108]

I need to be able to connect to my local gitea repo as http not https. I tried:

VCS_ALLOW_SCHEMES = ["http"]

I also tried:

VCS_ALLOW_SCHEMES = ["http","https","ssh"]

but it still tells me I cannot connect using http.

Could not update repository: Cloning into '...'... fatal: transport 'http' not allowed (128)

I can git clone it using that (http) URL from the command line.

[xop01]

fatal: transport 'http' not allowed is Git refusing the http protocol. VCS_ALLOW_SCHEMES is Weblate's list (default is https and ssh, and it has to include http). Change that, then restart Weblate so the workers actually start using it.

If a clone still prints that line, Git itself is being started with http disabled. In the same environment Weblate uses:

git config --system protocol.http.allow always

Plain http does not encrypt the clone. That is fine for a Gitea on your own network, and a bad idea for anything else. HTTPS or SSH avoids this setting entirely.

@brianread108

[brianread108]

root@weblate:~# git config --system protocol.http.allow 
always
root@weblate:~# 

and VCS_ALLOW_SCHEMES = ["http","https","ssh"]

But weblate still gives me:
Could not update repository: Cloning into '...'... fatal: transport 'http' not allowed (128)
BUT
git clone http
works!

Note that without the http in VCS_ALLOW_SCHEMES weblate gives me a VCS error message about the http not being allowed.

[brianread108]

Also, I havent been able to get ssh to work either, I get:
Could not update repository: Cloning into '...'... git@gitea.bjsystems.co.uk: Permission denied (publickey,password). fatal: Could not read from remote repository. Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists. (128)

and as before, git clone to the same URL works fine.