{"id":12208,"date":"2022-06-20T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gigas-jp.com\/appnews\/?p=12208"},"modified":"2022-06-17T18:10:27","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T09:10:27","slug":"git-fatal-early-eof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gigas-jp.com\/appnews\/archives\/12208","title":{"rendered":"Git fatal: early EOF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When I was trying to clone a repository from a remote server, I got this error fatal: early EOF fatal: index-pack failed<\/code>. Normally this problem happens when the remote repository is too large and let me share with you today how I solved this issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can see the full error log in below screenshot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are some ways to solve this issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are the owner the repository, you can configure some settings like <\/p>\n\n\n\n

git gc<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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git gc<\/code> will also perform compression on stored Git Objects, freeing up precious disk space. For more detail, you can reference here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

git repack ... <\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This used to combine all objects that do not currently reside in a “pack”, into a pack. It can also be used to re-organize existing packs into a single, more efficient pack. Packs are used to reduce the load on mirror systems, backup engines, disk storage, etc. Please reference more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are not the owner of the repository just a client, you still can configure post buffer setting and git depth setting like below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\/\/updating the post buffer setting\ngit config --global http.postBuffer 524288000<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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\/\/cloning using depth\ngit clone --depth 1 <repo_url><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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Depth is a feature of git to reduce server load. Instead of cloning the complete repository (as usually done with git), using clone depth just clones the last clone-depth-number<\/em> revisions of your repository, also called shallow clone<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yuuma<\/p>\n
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