Re: Did we break receive-pack recently?

[Brandon Casey <drafnel@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 6:55 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I just saw this:
>
>     $ git push ko
>     ko: Counting objects: 332, done.
>     Delta compression using up to 4 threads.
>     Compressing objects: 100% (110/110), done.
>     Writing objects: 100% (130/130), 32.27 KiB, done.
>     Total 130 (delta 106), reused 21 (delta 20)
>     Auto packing the repository for optimum performance.
>     fatal: protocol error: bad line length character: Remo
>     error: error in sideband demultiplexer
>     To ra.kernel.org:/pub/scm/git/git.git
>     ...
>
> What is unusual with this push is that it happened to trigger the
> auto-gc on the receiving end and the message "Auto packing the
> repository..." came back to the pusher just fine, but somebody
> nearby seem to have tried to say "Remo"(te---probably) without
> properly using the sideband.

Or perhaps "Remo" is short for "Removing...".

Perhaps this is the source:

   $ grep Remo builtin/prune.c
   printf("Removing stale temporary file %s\n", fullpath);

-Brandon
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