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Re: git-fetch fails with error code 128

From
Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Date
Dec 15, 2006, 02:31 UTC
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On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Horst H. von Brand wrote:
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> > Unpacking 186566 objects
> > fatal: failed to apply delta
> > fatal: unpack-objects died with error code 128
> > Fetch failure: /home/andyp/projects/temp/.git
> 
> Happened to me yesterday or so pulling the vanilla kernel (big push shortly
> before 2.6.20-rc1). Trying again somewhat later went through flawlessly.
> Might have been git running out of memory.

This is a very possible cause, especially if both processes (pack-objects and unpack-objects) are running at the same time on the same machine.

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  1. Horst H. von BrandDec 14, 2006
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