# fatal: protocol error: bad line length 8205

2 messages from 2011-01-24 to 2011-01-24. Participants: Oliver Beattie.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/26326

## Oliver Beattie, 2011-01-24 15:11

Subject: fatal: protocol error: bad line length 8205
Message-ID: <loom.20110124T160907-993@post.gmane.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/loom.20110124T160907-993%40post.gmane.org

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Hi,

I am having a bit of a weird problem with a Git server of mine I am trying to
set up. I have never had 
problems before which makes it even stranger.

Anyway, when I try to clone as a client, I get this error:
fatal: protocol error: bad line length 8205

Does anyone know what causes this/what I should do to fix it?

Many thanks,
Oliver Beattie

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## Oliver Beattie, 2011-01-24 17:49

Subject: Re: fatal: protocol error: bad line length 8205
Message-ID: <loom.20110124T184654-574@post.gmane.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/loom.20110124T184654-574%40post.gmane.org
In-Reply-To: <loom.20110124T160907-993@post.gmane.org>

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Oliver Beattie <oliver <at> obeattie.com> writes:

> When I try to clone as a client, I get this error:
> fatal: protocol error: bad line length 8205
> 
> Does anyone know what causes this/what I should do to fix it?

Never mind, found this was caused by a similar problem to the "bad line length
character" issue that is common.

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