Re: bug reporting

From: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Date: Sep 26, 2014, 23:51 UTC
Message-ID: <20140926235158.GC6553@vauxhall.crustytoothpaste.net>
In-Reply-To: <54256D0F.4000003@galaxyweblinks.in>

On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 07:11:35PM +0530, Ajay wrote:

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> Hello,
> 
>          I have faced a git bug. When I try to clone a git repo it shows an
> error "protocol error: bad pack header".
> 
>          This is the full error message which I got while cloning git
> project :
> 
> Clone: protocol error: bad pack header
>     $ git clone -v --progress
> http://dev.galaxylipl.com:88/galaxygit/privatenovator.git
> /home/lipl/privateschoolinnovator
>     Cloning into '/home/lipl/privatenovator'...
>     POST git-upload-pack (190 bytes)
>     remote: error: Could not read e9a6c4c684a5e8758026e8b0e25867c03332fe7c
>     remote: fatal: bad tree object e9a6c4c684a5e8758026e8b0e25867c03332fe7c
>     remote: aborting due to possible repository corruption on the remote
> side.
>     protocol error: bad pack header

This indicates some sort of corruption between the client and server. I notice you're cloning over HTTP. Are you using a proxy? Can you try using a git, ssh, or https (without MITM) URL? Sometimes broken proxies can end up corrupting data.

Also, what version of git are you using on the client and the server?

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