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RE: ! [remote rejected] master -> master (unpacker error)

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Randall S. Becker <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
Date
Feb 17, 2020, 22:45 UTC
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org <git-owner@vger.kernel.org> On Behalf
> Of lyle.ziegelmiller@gmail.com
> Sent: February 17, 2020 11:26 AM
> To: 'brian m. carlson' <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
> Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: RE: ! [remote rejected] master -> master (unpacker error)
> 
> I wrote a bunch of emails about this in December 2019. Did they all get lost?
> 
> I'm consistently able to clone the repository, but I can never push to it. I used
> to be able to. I've explored all possibilities that I know of.
> 
> I'm using Windows 10, and the Cygwin version of Git.
> 
> $ git --version
> git version 2.21.0
> 
> Regards
> 
> Lyle
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
> Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2020 2:16 PM
> To: lyle.ziegelmiller@gmail.com
> Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: ! [remote rejected] master -> master (unpacker error)
> 
> On 2020-02-16 at 16:10:12, lyle.ziegelmiller@gmail.com wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > Any updates on this error I emailed a while back?
> >
> > lylez@LJZ-DELLPC ~/python
> > $ git push
> > Enumerating objects: 5, done.
> > Counting objects: 100% (5/5), done.
> > Delta compression using up to 4 threads Compressing objects: 100%
> > (2/2), done.
> > Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 279 bytes | 23.00 KiB/s, done.
> > Total 3 (delta 1), reused 0 (delta 0)
> > remote: fatal: not a git repository: '.'
> 
> This error is telling you that Git doesn't think the remote location is a Git
> repository.  It could be because it really isn't one, or it could be that the
> permissions are wrong.
> 
> It could also be that the repository is mostly there but very slightly corrupt
> and therefore can't be detected as one.  For example, it could be missing its
> HEAD reference.
It also could be that the security setup on the server is messed up and you cannot run programs from wherever git is installed.
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  1. lyle.ziegelmiller@gmail.comFeb 16, 2020
  2. brian m. carlsonFeb 16, 2020
  3. lyle.ziegelmiller@gmail.comFeb 17, 2020
  4. brian m. carlsonFeb 17, 2020
  5. Randall S. BeckerFeb 17, 2020
  6. Jeff KingFeb 18, 2020
  7. Johannes SchindelinFeb 27, 2020
  8. lyle.ziegelmiller@gmail.comFeb 27, 2020
  9. Jeff KingFeb 27, 2020
  10. Johannes SchindelinFeb 28, 2020

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