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Re: bug: "fatal: cannot pread pack file", version 1.7.5.4

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Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Aug 17, 2012, 01:45 UTC
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On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 04:05:22PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Lars Winterfeld <lars.winterfeld@tu-ilmenau.de> writes:
> 
> >> Hrm, has this ever been resolved?
> >
> > Thank you for asking.
> > My local git version is 1.7.5.4, the server version that I actually
> > ended up pushing the files to was however still some 1.6.x.
> > So it was a false alarm. Sorry about that.
> 
> Not really.  Pushing or fetching by a new version of Git against old
> version of Git *should* work; otherwise it is a bug.

Yes, but there may be old bugs in the server version that have since been fixed. For example, the bug fixed by 838cd346 might be the cause of this (that fix went into 1.6.0.3).

-Peff
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  1. Lars WinterfeldJul 2, 2012
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 2, 2012
  3. Jeff KingJul 2, 2012
  4. Andreas SchwabJul 2, 2012
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 2, 2012
  6. Jeff KingJul 3, 2012
  7. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJul 3, 2012
  8. Jeff KingJul 3, 2012
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 3, 2012
  10. Junio C HamanoAug 16, 2012
  11. Lars WinterfeldAug 16, 2012
  12. Junio C HamanoAug 16, 2012
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