That seems to indicate that the Jenkins user can't read the /home/casper/git/4xS/.git directory.
Since you've confirmed that the Jenkins user can run the git command, could you also confirm that the Jenkins user can successfully run the command: /usr/bin/git ls-remote -h file:///home/casper/git/4xS/.git HEAD >________________________________ > From: Casper <dacas...@gmail.com> >To: jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com >Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 1:59 AM >Subject: Jenkins + GIT ls-remote error > > >Hey everyone, > > >I've been trying to install Jenkins with the GIT plugin, but somehow the GIT >plugin doesn't seem to work for me. > > >I'm running Debian 5, with Jenkins as a service through apt-get. Jenkins >itself works just fine. I installed the GIT plugin through Jenkins, but it >does not seem to be able to use GIT properly. > > >Whenever I insert a GIT repository in a Jenkins project, regardless whether >it's local or remote through the ssh protocol, it always gives me this error: >Failed to connect to repository : Error performing command: /usr/bin/git >ls-remote -h file:///home/casper/git/4xS/.git HEAD > > >i have the latest version of GIT installed, and tested through sudo su jenkins >whether GIT was accessible as Jenkins, which it is. As you can see I defined >the absolute path to my GIT binary in the config as well, it still won't work. > > > >Any suggestions? > > >Thanks in advance, > > >Casper > >
