Git server issue

[E Shattow]

Hello Etienne,

On 6/23/25 07:27, Etienne Buira wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I try to fetch newer commits from denx.de server, but it keeps failing
> the same way:
> 
> u-boot.git $ git fetch
> remote: Enumerating objects: 81513, done.
> remote: Counting objects: 100% (25013/25013), done.
> remote: Compressing objects: 100% (3154/3154), done.
> error: RPC failed; curl 56 OpenSSL SSL_read: SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL, errno 0
> error: 51980 bytes of body are still expected
> fetch-pack: unexpected disconnect while reading sideband packet
> fatal: early EOF
> fatal: fetch-pack: invalid index-pack output
> 
> Maybe a hint: numbers are constant.
> 
> Can a sysadm have a look at it and report please?
> 
> Regards
> 

This is a common situation with git from many locations, it is dependent
on routing and your specific location in the network.

Also, the common workaround is well-known to start with a shallow fetch
strategy, and then incrementally get additional depth as needed with
later "un-shallow" operation if all history is required.

An example:

https://docs.u-boot.org/en/latest/build/source.html
git clone --depth 1 https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot.git u-boot.git
git -C u-boot.git fetch --depth 2
git -C u-boot.git fetch --depth 3
git -C u-boot.git fetch --depth 4
git -C u-boot.git fetch --depth 5
...
git -C u-boot.git pull --unshallow

Best regards,

- E Shattow