From 5a68b00f72d6539eb79ccd64794efd3cec691dd1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: yarikoptic Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2019 18:04:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] initial description of an attempt to establish git-lfs powered github remote from assitant on android phone --- ...thin_the_assistant___40__android__41____63__.mdwn | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/forum/is_it_possible_to_use_github_with_git-lfs_special_remote_within_the_assistant___40__android__41____63__.mdwn diff --git a/doc/forum/is_it_possible_to_use_github_with_git-lfs_special_remote_within_the_assistant___40__android__41____63__.mdwn b/doc/forum/is_it_possible_to_use_github_with_git-lfs_special_remote_within_the_assistant___40__android__41____63__.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7a70b2e054 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/is_it_possible_to_use_github_with_git-lfs_special_remote_within_the_assistant___40__android__41____63__.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +Following up on [DataLad's git-objects special remote idea PR](https://github.com/datalad/datalad/pull/3727#issuecomment-540116323), I have thought to try establishing git-lfs powered (special) remote on github, within assistant (installed a few days back) ran within Termux, on an android phone. + +Within assistant web UI I did not find a good match for this scenario in "Add more repositories". What would it be (if any exists/defined already)? + +Having found none, I've decided to try the closest match -- "remote server using ssh". But in that form, for some reason, after entering "github.com" for "Host name" results in "cannot resolve host name". + +- I verified that github.com is reachable in chrome +- I thought that may be Termux "session" doesn't have access to DNS, so I switched to termux (where I started `git annex webapp`), and ran `ping github.com`. + - it did resolve the IP (to 192.30.253.113) + - but no ping came back + +[[!meta author=yoh]]