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Re: git-fetch fails with error code 128

From
Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Dec 14, 2006, 23:19 UTC
Message-ID
<20061214231921.GG26202@spearce.org>
In-Reply-To
<200612142308.45376.andyparkins@gmail.com>
Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com> wrote:
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> $ git fetch
> remote: Generating pack...
> remote: Done counting 189146 objects.
> remote: Result has 186566 objects.
> remote: Deltifying 186566 objects.
> remote:  100% (186566/186566) done
> Unpacking 186566 objects
> fatal: failed to apply delta
> fatal: unpack-objects died with error code 128
> Fetch failure: /home/andyp/projects/temp/.git
> 
> What does that mean?  I ran fsck --full on the source repository, but it's 
> made no difference.

Bad voodoo. What does 'git fetch -k' do? It uses slightly different code for handling the deltas...

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  2. Shawn PearceDec 14, 2006
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  4. Andy ParkinsDec 15, 2006
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  6. Nicolas PitreDec 15, 2006
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 16, 2006
  8. Andy ParkinsDec 16, 2006
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