GCL and dependencies on cygwin

Jon Turney jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk
Tue Mar 25 19:56:57 GMT 2025


On 25/03/2025 18:47, Camm Maguire via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> Brian Inglis writes:
> 
>> Then create a local git repo gcl containing the cygport (and any
>> patches or other included sources);
>> checkout your sources on a playground branch;
>> and force push that branch to Cygwin's package playground repo:
>>
>> 	https://cygwin.com/git/cygwin-packages/playground.git
>>
> 
> git push --set-upstream origin gcl27 --force
> 
> fatal: unable to access
> 'https://cygwin.com/git/cygwin-packages/playground.git/': The requested
> URL returned error: 403
> 
> ??

Generally, we don't permit unauthenticated git pushes. More 
specifically, we only allow git pushes via ssh.

So, you'll need to provide an ssh key (see [1]) in order to use this 
service.

[1] https://cygwin.com/packaging/key.html#sshkey



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