Re: Cryptic error messages?

From: Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 21, 2009, 12:08 UTC
Message-ID: <20090421120814.GL25059@dpotapov.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <450196A1AAAE4B42A00A8B27A59278E70ACE0030@EXCHANGE.trad.tradestation.com>

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 04:18:09PM -0400, John Dlugosz wrote:

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> $ git push
> Counting objects: 9, done.
> Compressing objects: 100% (8/8), done.
> Writing objects: 100% (8/8), 3.62 KiB, done.
> Total 8 (delta 4), reused 0 (delta 0)
> Unpacking objects: 100% (8/8), done.
> fatal: unresolved deltas left after unpacking

I think that is the key message...

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> error: unpack failed: unpacker exited with error code
> To //tx01fs01/sys/dev/git/repositories/aardvark.git
>  ! [remote rejected] dev -> dev (n/a (unpacker error))
> error: failed to push some refs to
> '//tx01fs01/sys/dev/git/repositories/aardvark
> .git'
> 
> 
> 
> Huh?  I'm having trouble defending git's reputation.

I don't think that information is very helpful. It would be far more useful to know what version of Git on client and server sides are running. Also, running "git fsck --full" may be helpful.

I suspect you have a very old Git version on the server side.

Dmitry