From ffadbb0725b1b147f843ccbd273162a773a8cc5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yashodhan Ghadge <codexetreme@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2021 20:33:10 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] bugfix:  HTTPS Clone fails with remote pointer not found
 using Go transport (#836) (#842)

Fixes: #836

Changes:

* adding a weak bool param for Remote
* create a new remote in the smartTransportCallback incase one is not found

(cherry picked from commit 0e8009f00a65034d196c67b1cdd82af6f12c34d3)
---
 clone_test.go | 15 +++++++++++++++
 remote.go     | 15 +++++++++++++++
 transport.go  |  7 ++++---
 3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/clone_test.go b/clone_test.go
index acfbbcb..bcf7055 100644
--- a/clone_test.go
+++ b/clone_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package git
 
 import (
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -76,3 +77,17 @@ func TestCloneWithCallback(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer remote.Free()
 }
+
+// TestCloneWithExternalHTTPUrl
+func TestCloneWithExternalHTTPUrl(t *testing.T) {
+
+	path, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "git2go")
+	defer os.RemoveAll(path)
+
+	// clone the repo
+	url := "https://github.com/libgit2/TestGitRepository"
+	_, err = Clone(url, path, &CloneOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("cannot clone remote repo via https, error: ", err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/remote.go b/remote.go
index 275d4d9..af09dea 100644
--- a/remote.go
+++ b/remote.go
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ type Remote struct {
 	ptr       *C.git_remote
 	callbacks RemoteCallbacks
 	repo      *Repository
+	// weak indicates that a remote is a weak pointer and should not be
+	// freed.
+	weak bool
 }
 
 type remotePointerList struct {
@@ -592,6 +595,9 @@ func (r *Remote) free() {
 // Free releases the resources of the Remote.
 func (r *Remote) Free() {
 	r.repo.Remotes.untrackRemote(r)
+	if r.weak {
+		return
+	}
 	r.free()
 }
 
@@ -1221,3 +1227,12 @@ func freeRemoteCreateOptions(ptr *C.git_remote_create_options) {
 	C.free(unsafe.Pointer(ptr.name))
 	C.free(unsafe.Pointer(ptr.fetchspec))
 }
+
+// createNewEmptyRemote used to get a new empty object of *Remote
+func createNewEmptyRemote() *Remote {
+	return &Remote{
+		callbacks: RemoteCallbacks{},
+		repo:      nil,
+		weak:      false,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/transport.go b/transport.go
index cf43acc..b060dc3 100644
--- a/transport.go
+++ b/transport.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ void _go_git_setup_smart_subtransport_stream(_go_managed_smart_subtransport_stre
 */
 import "C"
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"reflect"
@@ -296,8 +295,10 @@ func smartTransportCallback(
 	registeredSmartTransport := pointerHandles.Get(handle).(*RegisteredSmartTransport)
 	remote, ok := remotePointers.get(owner)
 	if !ok {
-		err := errors.New("remote pointer not found")
-		return setCallbackError(errorMessage, err)
+		// create a new empty remote and set it
+		// as a weak pointer, so that control stays in golang
+		remote = createNewEmptyRemote()
+		remote.weak = true
 	}
 
 	managed := &managedSmartSubtransport{
-- 
2.45.2


From 74dea4315d5d6b4e9f8e3bf48df5f75b627c11f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lhchavez <lhchavez@lhchavez.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2021 06:18:18 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Please run checks

-- 
2.45.2