Re: [xfs-masters] git://oss.sgi.com broke

From: Russell Cattelan <cattelan@thebarn.com>
Date: Oct 6, 2008, 17:30 UTC
Message-ID: <48EA4B22.2050900@thebarn.com>
In-Reply-To: <20081003121903.6c9a7ebc.akpm@linux-foundation.org>

Andrew Morton wrote:

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> y:/usr/src/git26> git --version
> git version 1.5.6.rc0
>
> y:/usr/src/git26> cat .git/branches/git-xfs
> git://oss.sgi.com:8090/xfs/xfs-2.6.git#master
>
> y:/usr/src/git26> git-fetch git-xfs        
> remote: usage: git-pack-objects [{ -q | --progress | --all-progress }] 
> remote:         [--max-pack-size=N] [--local] [--incremental] 
> remote:         [--window=N] [-remote: -window-memory=N] [--depth=N] 
> remote:         [--no-reuse-delta] [--no-reuse-object] [--delta-base-offset] 
> remote:         [--threads=N] [--non-empty] [--reremote: vs [--unpacked | --all]*] [--reflog] 
> remote:         [--stdout | base-name] [--keep-unreachable] [<ref-list | <object-list]
> remote: aborting due to possible repository corruption on the remote side.
> fatal: protocol error: bad pack header
>
> It was OK yesterday.
>
> (cc'ing the git list in case this is an faq?)
>
> The last two error messages there look wrong/misleading?
>
>

Ok not sure exactly what was wrong but it looks like there was some confusion with older git bits still install on oss.

I manually cleaned everything from the system and reinstalled git from a fresh "make rpm" rpm.

Please try your pull again and see if the problem is resolved.

-Russell