How to fix "fatal: 'gitosis-admin.git': unable to chdir or not a git archive"

Are the SSH keys valid? ----------------------- When, not if, you get this error you most probably have the wrong keys listed in /home/git/.ssh/authorized\_keys: ```bash $ git clone [email protected]:gitosis-admin.git Initialized empty Git repository in /Users/christian/Documents/Projects/gitosis-admin/.git/ fatal: 'gitosis-admin.git': unable to chdir or not a git archive fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly ``` Try removing the keys in authorized\_keys one by one, and verify that the names of the users match the ones in .gitosis.conf Try using the full path to the repository ----------------------------------------- ```bash $ git clone [email protected]::/home/git/repositories/xxx.git ``` Check if the repository exists ------------------------------ ```bash $ cd /home/git/repositories/xxx.git ``` ```bash $ git clone /home/git/repositories/xxx.git ``` What does SSH say? ------------------ ```bash ssh -v [email protected] ``` Use Google ---------- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1264262/connecting-to-gitosis-server-through-an-ssh-tunnel http://stackoverflow.com/questions/733057/can-git-work-via-ssh-port-forwarding