{"thread":{"id":"24130","subject":"unpacker error on push","startedAt":"2010-06-16T15:46:25Z","lastAt":"2010-06-22T14:04:56Z","messageCount":10,"participants":["Gavin Kistner","Nicolas Pitre"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"143822","messageId":"0B32FF97-4B20-4B9A-BA45-08EF9485F3A1@nvidia.com","threadId":"24130","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"unpacker error on push","fromName":"Gavin Kistner","fromEmail":"gkistner@nvidia.com","sentAt":"2010-06-16T15:46:25Z","receivedAt":"2010-06-16T15:46:25Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"gkistner@nvidia.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/81436db9ffbeda1ec64a1b41ee9057a0d752db4fcd4e84a3f7962c8f513d795d?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"(my apologies if you receive this twice; I sent it once before I was authenticated on the mailing list)\n\nLocal: OS X 10.6.3, git 1.7.1\nRemote: Ubuntu Lucid, git 1.7.0.4\n\nHow can I fix whatever is broken so that I can push again, and—more importantly—get the important changes I made last night over to the remote, by hook or by crook?\n\n-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_\nOn the local machine\n-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_\n\nSlim2:bugbot3 phrogz$ git push\nCounting objects: 70, done.\nDelta compression using up to 2 threads.\nCompressing objects: 100% (31/31), done.\nWriting objects: 100% (40/40), 26.91 KiB, done.\nTotal 40 (delta 11), reused 37 (delta 8)\nerror: unpack failed: unpack-objects abnormal exit\nTo git://10.20.16.110/bugbot3.git\n! [remote rejected] planning -> planning (n/a (unpacker error))\nerror: failed to push some refs to 'git://10.20.16.110/bugbot3.git'\n\n\nSlim2:bugbot3 phrogz$ cat .git/config \n[core]\n\trepositoryformatversion = 0\n\tfilemode = true\n\tbare = false\n\tlogallrefupdates = true\n\tignorecase = true\n[remote \"origin\"]\n\turl = git://10.20.16.110/bugbot3.git\n\tfetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*\n[branch \"master\"]\n\tremote = origin\n\tmerge = refs/heads/master\n\n\nSlim2:bugbot3 phrogz$ git status\n# On branch planning\nnothing to commit (working directory clean)\n\n\nSlim2:bugbot3 phrogz$ git pull origin planning\nFrom git://10.20.16.110/bugbot3\n* branch            planning   -> FETCH_HEAD\nAlready up-to-date.\n\n\nSlim2:bugbot3 phrogz$ git fsck --full\n(no output)\n\n\n-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_\nOn the remote\n-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_\nphrogz@gitbox:/pub/scm/bugbot3$ git config -l\nuser.name=Gavin Kistner\nuser.email=!@phrogz.net\ncore.repositoryformatversion=0\ncore.filemode=false\ncore.bare=false\ncore.logallrefupdates=true\ncore.ignorecase=true\n\n\nphrogz@gitbox:/pub/scm/bugbot3$ git fsck --full\n(no output)\n\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nThis email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain\nconfidential information.  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[remote rejected] planning -> planning (n/a (unpacker error))\n> error: failed to push some refs to 'git://10.20.16.110/bugbot3.git'\n\nCould you try doing \"git config receive.unpackLimit 1\" on the _remote_ \nmachine in the receiving repository?\n\nNote this is not a proper fix but rather an attempt to isolate the \nissue.  Please make a backup of the entire repository both on the local \nand the remote machine if you can, so the failure can be reproduced \nagain after restoring them to the current state in case this would \"fix\" \nthe issue.\n\n\nNicolas\n"},{"id":"143847","messageId":"E12F86FA-233F-458B-8C53-4CBF50FA289B@nvidia.com","threadId":"24130","inReplyTo":"alpine.LFD.2.00.1006161520480.13427@xanadu.home","subject":"Re: unpacker error on push","fromName":"Gavin Kistner","fromEmail":"gkistner@nvidia.com","sentAt":"2010-06-17T04:41:12Z","receivedAt":"2010-06-17T04:41:12Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"gkistner@nvidia.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/81436db9ffbeda1ec64a1b41ee9057a0d752db4fcd4e84a3f7962c8f513d795d?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"On Jun 16, 2010, at 1:34 PM, Nicolas Pitre wrote:\n> On Wed, 16 Jun 2010, Gavin Kistner wrote:\n>> Slim2:bugbot3 phrogz$ git push\n>> Counting objects: 70, done.\n>> Delta compression using up to 2 threads.\n>> Compressing objects: 100% (31/31), done.\n>> Writing objects: 100% (40/40), 26.91 KiB, done.\n>> Total 40 (delta 11), reused 37 (delta 8)\n>> error: unpack failed: unpack-objects abnormal exit\n>> To git://10.20.16.110/bugbot3.git\n>> ! [remote rejected] planning -> planning (n/a (unpacker error))\n>> error: failed to push some refs to 'git://10.20.16.110/bugbot3.git'\n> \n> Could you try doing \"git config receive.unpackLimit 1\" on the _remote_ \n> machine in the receiving repository?\n> \n> Note this is not a proper fix but rather an attempt to isolate the \n> issue.  Please make a backup of the entire repository both on the local \n> and the remote machine if you can, so the failure can be reproduced \n> again after restoring them to the current state in case this would \"fix\" \n> the issue.\n\nSorry, I'd love to help but I zipped up the repo (sans .git or a few other directories), nuked it, and re-cloned. That fixed the issue.\n\nI'll definitely save copies of the repositories next time something funky happens.\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nThis email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain\nconfidential information.  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[remote rejected] planning -> planning (n/a (unpacker error))\n>> error: failed to push some refs to 'git://10.20.16.110/bugbot3.git'\n> \n> Could you try doing \"git config receive.unpackLimit 1\" on the _remote_ \n> machine in the receiving repository?\n\nI ran into this problem again. I backed up both repositories in full, ran the command above in the remote repository, and it did not fix the problem.\n\nI deleted my local copy and cloned using ssh instead if git://, copied over the same changes and was able to push again. This looks to be my workaround.\n\nIf anyone wants to dive deeper into this problem, please let me know and we can fight it using the snapshots I have.\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nThis email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain\nconfidential information.  Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution\nis prohibited.  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[remote rejected] planning -> planning (n/a (unpacker error))\n> >> error: failed to push some refs to 'git://10.20.16.110/bugbot3.git'\n> > \n> > Could you try doing \"git config receive.unpackLimit 1\" on the _remote_ \n> > machine in the receiving repository?\n> \n> I ran into this problem again. I backed up both repositories in full, \n> ran the command above in the remote repository, and it did not fix the \n> problem.\n\nThe error message changed a bit though, right?\n\n> I deleted my local copy and cloned using ssh instead if git://, copied \n> over the same changes and was able to push again. This looks to be my \n> workaround.\n> \n> If anyone wants to dive deeper into this problem, please let me know \n> and we can fight it using the snapshots I have. \n\nI would be interested in them.\n\n\nNicolas\n"},{"id":"143913","messageId":"26F05D1B-E6A7-4039-B337-DA5C027A4EE5@nvidia.com","threadId":"24130","inReplyTo":"alpine.LFD.2.00.1006181332230.13427@xanadu.home","subject":"Re: unpacker error on push","fromName":"Gavin Kistner","fromEmail":"gkistner@nvidia.com","sentAt":"2010-06-18T17:41:30Z","receivedAt":"2010-06-18T17:41:30Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"gkistner@nvidia.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/81436db9ffbeda1ec64a1b41ee9057a0d752db4fcd4e84a3f7962c8f513d795d?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"On Jun 18, 2010, at 11:35 AM, Nicolas Pitre wrote:\n> On Fri, 18 Jun 2010, Gavin Kistner wrote:\n> \n>> On Jun 16, 2010, at 1:34 PM, Nicolas Pitre wrote:\n>>> On Wed, 16 Jun 2010, Gavin Kistner wrote:\n>>>> Local: OS X 10.6.3, git 1.7.1\n>>>> Remote: Ubuntu Lucid, git 1.7.0.4\n>>>> \n>>>> How can I fix whatever is broken so that I can push again, and—more \n>>>> importantly—get the important changes I made last night over to the \n>>>> remote, by hook or by crook?> -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ On the local \n>>>> machine -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_\n>>>> \n>>>> Slim2:bugbot3 phrogz$ git push\n>>>> Counting objects: 70, done.\n>>>> Delta compression using up to 2 threads.\n>>>> Compressing objects: 100% (31/31), done.\n>>>> Writing objects: 100% (40/40), 26.91 KiB, done.\n>>>> Total 40 (delta 11), reused 37 (delta 8)\n>>>> error: unpack failed: unpack-objects abnormal exit\n>>>> To git://10.20.16.110/bugbot3.git\n>>>> ! [remote rejected] planning -> planning (n/a (unpacker error))\n>>>> error: failed to push some refs to 'git://10.20.16.110/bugbot3.git'\n>>> \n>>> Could you try doing \"git config receive.unpackLimit 1\" on the _remote_ \n>>> machine in the receiving repository?\n>> \n>> I ran into this problem again. I backed up both repositories in full, \n>> ran the command above in the remote repository, and it did not fix the \n>> problem.\n> \n> The error message changed a bit though, right?\n\nYes, it failed in \"index-pack\" instead of \"unpack-objects\". Here's the new result:\nCounting objects: 116, done.\nDelta compression using up to 2 threads.\nCompressing objects: 100% (63/63), done.\nWriting objects: 100% (63/63), 11.19 KiB, done.\nTotal 63 (delta 40), reused 0 (delta 0)\nerror: unpack failed: index-pack abnormal exit\nTo git://10.20.16.110/bugbot3.git\n ! [remote rejected] planning -> planning (n/a (unpacker error))\nerror: failed to push some refs to 'git://10.20.16.110/bugbot3.git'\n\n\n\n>> I deleted my local copy and cloned using ssh instead if git://, copied \n>> over the same changes and was able to push again. This looks to be my \n>> workaround.\n>> \n>> If anyone wants to dive deeper into this problem, please let me know \n>> and we can fight it using the snapshots I have. \n> \n> I would be interested in them.\n\nOK, I'll coordinate with you off-list.\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nThis email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain\nconfidential information.  Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution\nis prohibited.  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Weekend is coming soon so I might not have time to look \nat it right away though.\n\n\nNicolas\n"},{"id":"143915","messageId":"01804B6F1D74DE41819D69F2866C60EF2AB4D55F47@HQMAIL03.nvidia.com","threadId":"24130","inReplyTo":"alpine.LFD.2.00.1006181352150.13427@xanadu.home","subject":"RE: unpacker error on push","fromName":"Gavin Kistner","fromEmail":"gkistner@nvidia.com","sentAt":"2010-06-18T17:55:58Z","receivedAt":"2010-06-18T17:55:58Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"gkistner@nvidia.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/81436db9ffbeda1ec64a1b41ee9057a0d752db4fcd4e84a3f7962c8f513d795d?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"No problem; like I said, the ssh-based solution seems to be working for now, so I'm unblocked in my workflow. Diving deeper on this issue is largely interesting to improve git.\n\n-----Original Message-----\nFrom: Nicolas Pitre [mailto:nico@fluxnic.net] \nSent: Friday, June 18, 2010 11:55 AM\nTo: Gavin Kistner\nCc: git@vger.kernel.org\nSubject: Re: unpacker error on push\n\nOn Fri, 18 Jun 2010, Gavin Kistner wrote:\n\n> On Jun 18, 2010, at 11:35 AM, Nicolas Pitre wrote:\n> > On Fri, 18 Jun 2010, Gavin Kistner wrote:\n> >> If anyone wants to dive deeper into this problem, please let me know \n> >> and we can fight it using the snapshots I have. \n> > \n> > I would be interested in them.\n> \n> OK, I'll coordinate with you off-list.\n\nI got them now.  Weekend is coming soon so I might not have time to look \nat it right away though.\n\n\nNicolas\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nThis email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain\nconfidential information.  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This looks to be my \n> >> workaround.\n> >> \n> >> If anyone wants to dive deeper into this problem, please let me know \n> >> and we can fight it using the snapshots I have. \n> > \n> > I would be interested in them.\n> \n> OK, I'll coordinate with you off-list.\n\nWell... I just can't reproduce the issue with those repositories you \nprovided me with.  Neither over git:// nor file:// nor ssh://.  But all \nI have here are Linux machines, no OSX.\n\nCould you try pushing from a Linux machine by chance?  Maybe this is an \nOSX related issue.\n\n\nNicolas\n"},{"id":"144040","messageId":"BBFECB82-E362-4AB7-86E6-56188BF35611@nvidia.com","threadId":"24130","inReplyTo":"alpine.LFD.2.00.1006212054110.24097@xanadu.home","subject":"Re: unpacker error on push","fromName":"Gavin Kistner","fromEmail":"gkistner@nvidia.com","sentAt":"2010-06-22T14:04:56Z","receivedAt":"2010-06-22T14:04:56Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"gkistner@nvidia.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/81436db9ffbeda1ec64a1b41ee9057a0d752db4fcd4e84a3f7962c8f513d795d?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"On Jun 21, 2010, at 6:58 PM, Nicolas Pitre wrote:\n> Well... I just can't reproduce the issue with those repositories you \n> provided me with.  Neither over git:// nor file:// nor ssh://.  But all \n> I have here are Linux machines, no OSX.\n> \n> Could you try pushing from a Linux machine by chance?  Maybe this is an \n> OSX related issue.\n\nI don't have a second linux box to test with, unfortunately.\n\nI will say that I experienced the same problem with a Windows box trying to push to the same repository over git://, and had to switch it to ssh also.\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nThis email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain\nconfidential information.  Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution\nis prohibited.  If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by\nreply email and destroy all copies of the original message.\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n"}]}