{"thread":{"id":"23824","subject":"bad line length character: fata","startedAt":"2010-05-16T07:53:26Z","lastAt":"2010-05-17T08:16:01Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Mark Constable","Michael J Gruber"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"141787","messageId":"loom.20100516T095148-64@post.gmane.org","threadId":"23824","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"bad line length character: fata","fromName":"Mark Constable","fromEmail":"markc@renta.net","sentAt":"2010-05-16T07:53:26Z","receivedAt":"2010-05-16T07:53:26Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"markc@renta.net","avatar":null},"body":"What does this error message indicate when doing a git pull?\n\nfatal: protocol error: bad line length character: fata\n\nGit v1.7.1 both ends.\n\n--markc\n"},{"id":"141798","messageId":"4BF0FB41.5000500@drmicha.warpmail.net","threadId":"23824","inReplyTo":"loom.20100516T095148-64@post.gmane.org","subject":"Re: bad line length character: fata","fromName":"Michael J Gruber","fromEmail":"git@drmicha.warpmail.net","sentAt":"2010-05-17T08:16:01Z","receivedAt":"2010-05-17T08:16:01Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"git@grubix.eu","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/233215?v=4"},"body":"Mark Constable venit, vidit, dixit 16.05.2010 09:53:\n> What does this error message indicate when doing a git pull?\n> \n> fatal: protocol error: bad line length character: fata\n> \n> Git v1.7.1 both ends.\n\nThis is funny. Git tries to read a 4 digit (hex) line length according\nto the git protocol, and what it got from the remote end apparently was\na \"fatal...\" at a place where there usually is no textual error report.\n\nCan you reproduce this and describe the circumstances? For example, what\nis the transport (ssh, http), what are the surrounding messages, does it\nhappen for every client?\n\nMichael\n"}]}