Re: Git push error: Unpack failed

[Colin Campbell]

On 14-08-02 12:41 PM, Janek Warchoł wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 2014-08-02 20:32 GMT+02:00 Colin Campbell <address@hidden>:
> > Attempting to push a single patch, using the directions in CG 3.4.11, I get
> > the console output appended. I haven't attempted anything since, and would
> > be grateful for guidance from the gurus. Online research suggests either
> > permission errors on the savannah repo, space issues at savannah, or
> > corruption either locally or on the remote. Both my local repo and savannah
> > seem perfectly normal when I look around with gitk, so I'm turning to the
> > assembled wisdom for the next steps I need to take.
> for what it's worth, i've been able to push a private branch to
> dev/janek/issue-3186 moments ago.
>
> Maybe it was a temporary error?  I think that trying to push again in
> a few minutes should be a safe thing to do.
> You may also check your repository with 'git fsck' (note that
> "dangling commit/blob" messages don't usually mean anything bad).
>
> best,
> Janek

Thanks for the try, Janek! It's still happening, after a git pull -r . 
Gitk shows one commit difference. Git fsck ran with no errors reported.

Still baffled,
Colin

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