Re: [git-users] Git clone fails with "bad pack header", how to get remote log

[kevin molcard <kev2041@gmail.com>]

Hi Konstantin,

thanks for the reply.
The versions of git are:
- on remote: 1.5.6.5
- on windows build machine: 1.7.11.msysgit.1
- on mac build machine: 1.7.3.4

I will try to install latest git version on my remote server and get 
back to you.

thanks again
Kevin

On 10/29/12 6:18 PM, Konstantin Khomoutov wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:52:54 -0700 (PDT)
> Kevin Molcard <kev2041@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have a problem with my build system.
>>
>> I have a remote server with a relatively large repository (around 12
>> GB, each branch having a size of 3 GB).
>>
>> I have also 2 build servers (Mac, Windows) that are cloning the repo
>> from the remote.
>>
>> Sometimes (very often when several git clone are sent at the same
>> time), I have the following error:
>>          
>>      remote: internal server error
>>      fatal: protocol error: bad pack header
>>
>> I know that it happens when the remote is compressing objects (thanks
>> to `--progress -v` flags) because the last line of the log before the
>> erro is:
>>      remote: Compressing objects:  93% (17959/19284)   [K
>>
>>   * So I have 2 questions, does anybody what is the problem and what
>> should I do?
>>   * Is there a way to get a more precise log from the remote to debug
>> this problem?
> This reminds me of a bug fixed in 1.7.12.1 [1]:
>
> * When "git push" triggered the automatic gc on the receiving end, a
>    message from "git prune" that said it was removing cruft leaked to
>    the standard output, breaking the communication protocol.
>
> In any case, bugs should be reported to the main Git list (which is
> git at vger.kernel.org), not here.
> I'm Cc'ing the main Git list so you'll get any responses from there, if
> any.
>
> Kevin, please answer to this message (keeping all the Ccs -- use "Reply
> to group" or "Reply to all" in your MUA) and describe exactly what Git
> versions on which platforms your have.
>
> 1. https://raw.github.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.12.1.txt
>