Re: Meaning of "fatal: protocol error: bad line length character"?

From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Jan 20, 2007, 19:33 UTC
Message-ID: <7vfya57ast.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <7vk5zh7b7d.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> writes:

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> Bill Lear <rael@zopyra.com> writes:
>
>> % git push
>> updating 'refs/heads/master'
>>   from 6b421066e842203e383e1dc466c1cdef10de56b1
>>   to   2a8e554ae0c99d44988690c9fce693b3f5f128fa
>> Generating pack...
>> Done counting 61 objects.
>> Result has 32 objects.
>> Deltifying 32 objects.
>>  100% (32/32) done
>> Writing 32 objects.
>>  100% (32/32) done
>> Total 32, written 32 (delta 18), reused 0 (delta 0)
>> Unpacking 32 objects
>> fatal: protocol error: bad line length character

By the way, I can see from the pack-objects output above that you seem to be using git before commit 67c08ce1 (Nov 29, 2006); most likely you are using the official 1.4.4.4?

Is it possible for you to try git built from the tip of 'master' to see if it reproduces?