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From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Subject: Re: cannot pread pack file
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:43:19 -0500 (EST)
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On Wed, 9 Dec 2009, Steven A. Falco wrote:

> We have been using git for a year or two now, and suddenly, one
> of our users got the error message:
> 
> fatal: cannot pread pack file: No such file or directory
> fatal: index-pack failed
> 
> while doing a git-pull.  We are using git version git-1.6.5.5.
> 
> I tried doing a "git fsck --full" on his repository and on the
> one he is trying to pull from, and neither shows any error.
> 
> If I clone his repository, the clone also gets the error message
> when trying to pull.
> 
> I can pull from him, but if he pulls from me, he gets the error
> message.
> 
> This is worrying, because the fsck doesn't show an error, but
> clearly something is wrong.

A few questions:

 - What is the OS on which the failing Git is running?

 - How long before the error occurs i.e. how many objects are received
   (and the transfer size) before the error?


Nicolas