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When I try to git clone a github project under my Windows 7 - MSYS2 VirtualBox VM, it fails:
laurent@Win7 ~/Dev
$ LANG="en" GIT_TRACE="1" git clone git://github.com/nanomsg/nanomsg.git
trace: built-in: git 'clone' 'git://github.com/nanomsg/nanomsg.git'
Cloning into 'nanomsg'...
trace: run_command: 'index-pack' '--stdin' '-v' '--fix-thin' '--keep=fetch-pack 9412 on Win7' '--check-self-contained-and-connected'
remote: Reusing existing pack: 10643, done.
trace: exec: 'git' 'index-pack' '--stdin' '-v' '--fix-thin' '--keep=fetch-pack 9412 on Win7' '--check-self-contained-and-connected'
trace: built-in: git 'index-pack' '--stdin' '-v' '--fix-thin' '--keep=fetch-pack 9412 on Win7' '--check-self-contained-and-connected'
remote: Total 10643 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
Receiving objects: 100% (10643/10643), 5.60 MiB | 244.00 KiB/s, done.
Checking connectivity... trace: run_command: 'rev-list' '--objects' '--stdin' '--not' '--all'
trace: exec: 'git' 'rev-list' '--objects' '--stdin' '--not' '--all'
trace: built-in: git 'rev-list' '--objects' '--stdin' '--not' '--all'
fatal: bad object e07b5841092eb3bd3b97188f09819511afc6cbed
fatal: remote did not send all necessary objects
Though, under my Gentoo host, it works:
laurent@Gentoo ~/Documents/tmp $ LANG="en" GIT_TRACE="1" git clone git://github.com/nanomsg/nanomsg.git
trace: built-in: git 'clone' 'git://github.com/nanomsg/nanomsg.git'
Cloning into 'nanomsg'...
trace: run_command: 'index-pack' '--stdin' '-v' '--fix-thin' '--keep=fetch-pack 24970 on Gentoo'
trace: exec: 'git' 'index-pack' '--stdin' '-v' '--fix-thin' '--keep=fetch-pack 24970 on Gentoo'
trace: built-in: git 'index-pack' '--stdin' '-v' '--fix-thin' '--keep=fetch-pack 24970 on Gentoo'
remote: Reusing existing pack: 10643, done.
remote: Total 10643 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
Receiving objects: 100% (10643/10643), 5.60 MiB | 243.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (6433/6433), done.
trace: run_command: 'rev-list' '--objects' '--stdin' '--not' '--all'
Checking connectivity... trace: exec: 'git' 'rev-list' '--objects' '--stdin' '--not' '--all'
trace: built-in: git 'rev-list' '--objects' '--stdin' '--not' '--all'
done
I have tried several times with the same result. I have tried to clone another project, with the same result. I assume being inside a VM is not a problem. After some research, it may be caused by the text/binary difference between Linux and Windows regarding the additional CR for Windows. But I could not find a solution yet.
For information, I installed git inside MSYS2 with its package manager pacman. git installed under MSYS(2) should be al-right ? Or have I to install msysgit instead ?
lalebarde
Posted 2014-03-14T11:34:03.927
Reputation: 573
@dtech Could you elaborate on "official"? What does that mean? Who is endorsing it? Does is mean anything beyond the fact they put it on their page? – jpmc26 – 2014-07-31T21:43:35.660
msysgit is the official version of git for windows so I would advice you to try it (it's made for windows instead of running under a generic compatibility layer), but that might not be the problem. The only time I've seen problems like this is when the repo contained files with a : in the filename (allowed in POSIX but not in Windows), but that gave a different error. – dtech – 2014-03-14T11:39:09.657