From: kevin molcard Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 07:01:12 GMT Subject: Re: [git-users] Git clone fails with "bad pack header", how to get remote log Message-ID: <508F7B38.5020603@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20121029211854.b58c791d30a6c8d68665e574@domain007.com> Hi Konstantin, thanks for the reply. The versions of git are: - on remote: 1.5.6.5 - on windows build machine: 1.7.11.msysgit.1 - on mac build machine: 1.7.3.4 I will try to install latest git version on my remote server and get back to you. thanks again Kevin On 10/29/12 6:18 PM, Konstantin Khomoutov wrote: > On Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:52:54 -0700 (PDT) > Kevin Molcard wrote: > >> I have a problem with my build system. >> >> I have a remote server with a relatively large repository (around 12 >> GB, each branch having a size of 3 GB). >> >> I have also 2 build servers (Mac, Windows) that are cloning the repo >> from the remote. >> >> Sometimes (very often when several git clone are sent at the same >> time), I have the following error: >> >> remote: internal server error >> fatal: protocol error: bad pack header >> >> I know that it happens when the remote is compressing objects (thanks >> to `--progress -v` flags) because the last line of the log before the >> erro is: >> remote: Compressing objects: 93% (17959/19284) [K >> >> * So I have 2 questions, does anybody what is the problem and what >> should I do? >> * Is there a way to get a more precise log from the remote to debug >> this problem? > This reminds me of a bug fixed in 1.7.12.1 [1]: > > * When "git push" triggered the automatic gc on the receiving end, a > message from "git prune" that said it was removing cruft leaked to > the standard output, breaking the communication protocol. > > In any case, bugs should be reported to the main Git list (which is > git at vger.kernel.org), not here. > I'm Cc'ing the main Git list so you'll get any responses from there, if > any. > > Kevin, please answer to this message (keeping all the Ccs -- use "Reply > to group" or "Reply to all" in your MUA) and describe exactly what Git > versions on which platforms your have. > > 1. https://raw.github.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.12.1.txt >