git clone -q ends with "early EOF" error on large repositories

[Marek Vasut]

Hello,

I am trying to clone a repository and I am getting the following output:

$ git clone -q git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/linux.git
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
fatal: early EOF
fatal: index-pack failed

The "fatal:" lines usually appear a few minutes after running the clone. Of
course, the clone does not finish successfully. Interestingly, when I drop the
'-q' option from the git clone commandline, the clone finishes correctly.

My git version is:

$ git --version
git version 1.8.4.rc3

This issue was reported to git AT vger kernel org ML with the following result:
http://www.spinics.net/lists/git/msg217736.html

Server-side patch must be applied as described here:
http://www.spinics.net/lists/git/msg217744.html

Patches that fix the issue:
http://www.spinics.net/lists/git/msg217019.html
http://www.spinics.net/lists/git/msg217020.html

Can you please fix your git server at kernel.ubuntu.com ?

Thank you!

Best regards,
Marek Vasut

[Andy Whitcroft (apw)]

This affects commands against kernel.ubuntu.com as well, so we would need any fix backported to Lucid currently and likely Precise as the next likely upgrade. Targetting there.

[Andy Whitcroft (apw)]

It seems that back in Lucid we were still calling this git-core ... so fork to that for Lucid.

[Marek Vasut (marek-vasut)]

Hello, are there any news on this issue ?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Anders Kaseorg (andersk)]

This was fixed in Git 1.8.4.2, which is in Trusty. Marking closed in the current development release (the Precise task remains open).

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

The Precise Pangolin has reached end of life, so this bug will not be fixed for that release