Git server issue

[Etienne Buira]

On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 07:14:24PM -0700, E Shattow wrote:
> 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.

Hi,

Thank you for the tip. Maybe thanks to the sysadmin too, as a fetch
proceeded correctly today.

Regards.

> 
> 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