Using SSH will only work when they have a public key on the git server registered. Otherwise they will get the dreaded "Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists" error message. The same happens when I forget to add the correct key to my pageant. In my humble opinion it doesn't pay off to make it more difficult for general users to download the source code in order to make the process more simple for your developers.
Cheers Joris On Sun, Apr 29, 2018 at 4:03 PM, Peter Hickey <peter.hic...@gmail.com> wrote: > The one-liner on the package landing page describing how to check out > a package from the git repo uses HTTPS rather than ssh, e.g.: > > # From https://bioconductor.org/packages/bsseq/ > git clone https://git.bioconductor.org/packages/bsseq > > However, as a developer we should be using the SSH protocol > (https://bioconductor.org/developers/how-to/git/faq/). > > Is there any reason not to use the SSH protocol (i.e. git clone > g...@git.bioconductor.org:packages/bsseq) in the instructions given on > the landing page? It seems to me an unnecessary source of friction, > particularly for new developers who will end up with the dreaded > "fatal: remote error: FATAL: W any packages/myPackage nobody DENIED by > fallthru (or you mis-spelled the reponame)" error message if they > don't know to switch protocols > (https://bioconductor.org/developers/how-to/git/faq/) > > Cheers, > Pete > > _______________________________________________ > Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel > -- Joris Meys Statistical consultant Department of Data Analysis and Mathematical Modelling Ghent University Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Gent (Belgium) <https://maps.google.com/?q=Coupure+links+653,%C2%A0B-9000+Gent,%C2%A0Belgium&entry=gmail&source=g> tel: +32 (0)9 264 61 79 ----------- Biowiskundedagen 2017-2018 http://www.biowiskundedagen.ugent.be/ ------------------------------- Disclaimer : http://helpdesk.ugent.be/e-maildisclaimer.php [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel
