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==problem:== "pass git clone" command failing with error...
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"pass git clone" command failing with error...
 
  $ '''pass git clone user@192.168.1.1:/path/to/.password-store .'''
 
  $ '''pass git clone user@192.168.1.1:/path/to/.password-store .'''
 
  Error: the password store is not a git repository. Try "pass git init".  
 
  Error: the password store is not a git repository. Try "pass git init".  
  
==solution: ==
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  Receiving objects: 100% (961/961), 204.06 KiB | 0 bytes/s, done.
 
  Receiving objects: 100% (961/961), 204.06 KiB | 0 bytes/s, done.
 
  Resolving deltas: 100% (324/324), done.
 
  Resolving deltas: 100% (324/324), done.
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==links==
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[https://medium.com/@chasinglogic/the-definitive-guide-to-password-store-c337a8f023a1 The Definitive Guide to password-store]

Latest revision as of 21:27, 24 July 2019

password-store

goal: migrate password store from on computer to another. steps:

  1. migrate gpg private key
  2. clone pass git repo



problem

"pass git clone" command failing with error...

$ pass git clone user@192.168.1.1:/path/to/.password-store .
Error: the password store is not a git repository. Try "pass git init". 

solution

Emil Lundberg (taken from here)

Why not clone it with plain old Git?

I read that and just ran the same command minus "pass" and it worked

$ git clone user@192.168.1.1:/path/to/.password-store .
Cloning into '.'...
Password: 
remote: Counting objects: 961, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (760/760), done.
remote: Total 961 (delta 324), reused 564 (delta 191)
Receiving objects: 100% (961/961), 204.06 KiB | 0 bytes/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (324/324), done.


links

The Definitive Guide to password-store