Re: Git clone fails with "bad pack header", how to get remote log

From: kevin molcard <kev2041-re5jqeeqqe8avxtiumwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Date: Oct 30, 2012, 14:57 UTC
Message-ID: <508FEAE0.20204@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20121029211854.b58c791d30a6c8d68665e574-g5ZlayWIM10NZ+ppGFcyYQ@public.gmane.org>

I tried to install git 1.8 on the remote server and get exactly the same problem :(.

Kevin

On 10/29/12 6:18 PM, Konstantin Khomoutov wrote:

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> On Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:52:54 -0700 (PDT)
> Kevin Molcard <kev2041-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> 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
>

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