Ah, thanks both Joris and Nitesh. I didn't appreciate that SSH access is limited to those with a public key registered on the git server.
On Sun, 29 Apr 2018 at 11:50 Turaga, Nitesh <nitesh.tur...@roswellpark.org> wrote: > Hi Pete, > > For developers there is no reason not to use the SSH protocol. But there > are many people who’d like to clone the repo and look at it on their local > machine. > > Take for example packages which are not maintained on both the > bioconductor server and Github. For these packages, a good way for users to > browse the source code on their local machine is using the HTTPS protocol, > since they will not have access to download it via SSH ( you need > permissions to do this). > > We always advocate developers to only use SSH though. For everyone else, > HTTPS is the best option. > > Best, > > Nitesh > > > On Apr 29, 2018, at 10:03 AM, 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 > > > > This email message may contain legally privileged and/or confidential > information. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or the employee or > agent responsible for the delivery of this message to the intended > recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, > distribution, or use of this email message is prohibited. If you have > received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by > e-mail and delete this email message from your computer. Thank you. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel
