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Re: unpacker error on push

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Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Date
Jun 18, 2010, 17:35 UTC
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On Fri, 18 Jun 2010, Gavin Kistner wrote:
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> On Jun 16, 2010, at 1:34 PM, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> > On Wed, 16 Jun 2010, Gavin Kistner wrote:
> >> Local: OS X 10.6.3, git 1.7.1
> >> Remote: Ubuntu Lucid, git 1.7.0.4
> >> 
> >> How can I fix whatever is broken so that I can push again, and—more 
> >> importantly—get the important changes I made last night over to the 
> >> remote, by hook or by crook?> -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ On the local 
> >> machine -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
> >> 
> >> Slim2:bugbot3 phrogz$ git push
> >> Counting objects: 70, done.
> >> Delta compression using up to 2 threads.
> >> Compressing objects: 100% (31/31), done.
> >> Writing objects: 100% (40/40), 26.91 KiB, done.
> >> Total 40 (delta 11), reused 37 (delta 8)
> >> error: unpack failed: unpack-objects abnormal exit
> >> To git://10.20.16.110/bugbot3.git
> >> ! [remote rejected] planning -> planning (n/a (unpacker error))
> >> error: failed to push some refs to 'git://10.20.16.110/bugbot3.git'
> > 
> > Could you try doing "git config receive.unpackLimit 1" on the _remote_ 
> > machine in the receiving repository?
> 
> I ran into this problem again. I backed up both repositories in full, 
> ran the command above in the remote repository, and it did not fix the 
> problem.
The error message changed a bit though, right?
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> I deleted my local copy and cloned using ssh instead if git://, copied 
> over the same changes and was able to push again. This looks to be my 
> workaround.
> 
> If anyone wants to dive deeper into this problem, please let me know 
> and we can fight it using the snapshots I have. 
I would be interested in them.
Nicolas
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  4. Gavin KistnerJun 18, 2010
  5. Nicolas PitreJun 18, 2010
  6. Gavin KistnerJun 18, 2010
  7. Nicolas PitreJun 18, 2010
  8. Gavin KistnerJun 18, 2010
  9. Nicolas PitreJun 22, 2010
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