Re: git hang-ups

[Trevor Daniels]

Mark Polesky wrote Saturday, August 01, 2009 9:09 PM
> Patrick McCarty wrote:
>
> > > $ git pull ssh://sv/srv/git/lilypond.git master
> > > fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
> >
> > Well, that URI is kind of bogus.  :-)
>
> It worked fine yesterday.

It works fine here today too.  That's not the problem.

> > This should work:
> >
> >   $ git pull git://git.sv.gnu.org/lilypond.git master
>
> No luck. Same fatal message. And when I try "update" through the
> gitk screen, I get a rather disturbing message...
>
> Error reading commits:
> child killed: unknown signal

I've never seen this error message, but it
suggests a problem with the git repo.  Try
verifying the database.  git gui/Repository/Verify Database

> You'd think they could've come up with something a little less
> dark. Geez.

:)

> When I tried this:
> $ git pull ssh://address@hidden/srv/git/lilypond.git master
>
> I got something about unverified identity, then do I want to
> continue? Say no, and then the terminal just keeps printing the
> same message over and over until I force-quit.
>
> Any other ideas?

A shot in the dark - check your path hasn't
got screwed.

Trevor