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Not able to setup SmartGit with bitbucket in Ubuntu

I installed SmartGit and I am able to log into my BitBucket account, while trying to clone the repository I keep seeing this error

Could not connect to the reposotory https://username@bitbucket.org/username/xyz

PLease check the reposotory URL

reposotory https://username@bitbucket.org/username/xyz not found: remote:Not Found

Why am I seeing this error? When the login works and it is the Smartgit that is displaying the list of repository that I have and when I select that this error appears, I cant seem to get past this error.

If I copy the repository URL in browser it takes me to the repository, i even tried copying the URL bitbucket provides in case someone wants to clone it and even that does not work in smartgit.

In my office computer where I use windows I was able to get it up and running in no time using the SAME URL with SAME login details

At this point I am pretty frustrated and clueless. Any help will be really appreciated. What am I doing wrong?

Solution

  • Finally got it to work.

    I did not realize that the repository I had setup was Mercurial and not Git and while in Windows SmartGit does not seem to have problem detecting it but in Ubuntu other steps were required before Mercurial repository can work.

    Make sure you have Tortoisehg setup in Ubuntu otherwise Mercurial wont work, you can visit this article on how to install it.

    Once that is done, make sure to setup Executable path in Smartgit.

    To access Executable settings go to Menu Edit->Preferences

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    It seems that once the Hg Executable is setup correctly only then while cloning Mercurial option shows up other wise you will be going crazy thinking where is Mercurial option to clone a repository.

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    This is how I got it to work.