Ssh – Git Clone from SSH Repository

gitssh

I used to be able to clone from my personal git repository but now i seem to be running into an error.

user:dev.site.com mikesilvis$ git clone { my ssh directory }
server@ipaddress's password: 

remote: Counting objects: 3622, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (2718/2718), done.
error: git upload-pack: git-pack-objects died with error.  
fatal: git upload-pack: aborting due to possible repository corruption on the remote side.
remote: aborting due to possible repository corruption on the remote side.
fatal: early EOF
fatal: index-pack failed

It seems to be working however while I push files to the repository.

Best Answer

The error message

git-pack-objects died with error

suggests that there's something wrong with the remote. Can you ssh into the remote and run git fsck? If that finds any errors, you may have a faulty CPU, RAM or storage device (believe me or not but git is really good at finding those). Another thing to check is to make sure that both the local system and remote systems are not running out of storage space.

Related Solutions

GIt Daemon and Access Control for Multiple Repos

Check out gitosis which is a git repository hosting application. Quoting the description from the Debian package of gitosis:

This package aims to make hosting git repositories easier and safer.
It manages multiple repositories under one user account, using SSH
keys to identify users. End users do not need shell accounts on the
server; they will talk to one shared account that will not let them
run arbitrary commands.

You can find the gitosis source at http://eagain.net/gitweb/?p=gitosis.git

Documentation on how to set it up: http://scie.nti.st/2007/11/14/hosting-git-repositories-the-easy-and-secure-way

I'm very happy with gitosis, we're using it at the grml project (http://grml.org/) with more than 100 repositories and it works fine without any problems.

Git for Windows – How to Tell Git Where to Find Private RSA Key

For Git Bash

If you are running msysgit (I am assuming you are) and are looking to run Git Bash (I recommend it over TortoiseGit, but I lean to the CLI more than GUI now), you need to figure out what your home directory is for Git Bash by starting it then type pwd (On Windows 7, it will be something like C:\Users\phsr I think). While you're in Git Bash, you should mkdir .ssh.

After you have the home directory, and a .ssh folder under that, you want to open PuTTYgen and open the key (.ppk file) you have previously created. Once your key is open, you want to select Conversions -> Export OpenSSH key and save it to HOME\.ssh\id_rsa. After you have the key at that location, Git Bash will recognize the key and use it.

Note: Comments indicate that this doesn't work in all cases. You may need to copy the OpenSSH key to Program Files\Git\.ssh\id_rsa (or Program Files (x86)\Git\.ssh\id_rsa).

For TortoiseGit

When using TortoiseGit, you need to set the SSH key via pacey's directions. You need to do that for every repository you are using TortoiseGit with.