# Re: git-fetch fails with error code 128 2 messages from 2006-12-14 to 2006-12-15. Participants: Nicolas Pitre, Horst H. von Brand. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/43628 ## Horst H. von Brand, 2006-12-14 23:25 Subject: Re: git-fetch fails with error code 128 Message-ID: <200612142325.kBENPF1u001043@laptop13.inf.utfsm.cl> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200612142325.kBENPF1u001043%40laptop13.inf.utfsm.cl In-Reply-To: ``` Andy Parkins wrote: > This is with my big "every linux patch" repository that I talked about in > another thread. To bring you up to speed: [...] > This gave me the following output: > > $ git fetch > remote: Generating pack... > remote: Done counting 189146 objects. > remote: Result has 186566 objects. > remote: Deltifying 186566 objects. > remote: 100% (186566/186566) done > 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. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 2797513 ``` ## Nicolas Pitre, 2006-12-15 02:31 Subject: Re: git-fetch fails with error code 128 Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/Pine.LNX.4.64.0612142128430.18171%40xanadu.home In-Reply-To: <200612142325.kBENPF1u001043@laptop13.inf.utfsm.cl> ``` On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Horst H. von Brand wrote: > > 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. ```