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getting git from kernel.org is failing

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git clone https://git.kernel.org/cgit/git/git.git
Cloning into 'git'...
error: Unable to get pack index https://git.kernel.org/cgit/git/git.git/objects/pack/pack-1e2bca8b5127039cff42b1cd3d47767fb577cd4f.idx
error: Unable to get pack file https://git.kernel.org/cgit/git/git.git/objects/pack/pack-6bfd3af75af71d7bf66a80d6374ac09245ad3ce5.pack
The requested URL returned error: 404 Not found
error: Unable to find bce6db96a333c2d47b07580c5a9207cf10935378 under https://git.kernel.org/cgit/git/git.git
Cannot obtain needed blob bce6db96a333c2d47b07580c5a9207cf10935378
while processing commit 5addd1c7531cc644787cd562a3c22a3b714c7d77.
error: Fetch failed.

any clue

posted Jul 23, 2013 by anonymous

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That's weird. We shouldn't be fetching an index at all unless dumb http is in use. When I try to clone from the URL above, I also get shunted to dumb-http (and the repo on the server appears to be poorly packed).

But if I go to:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git

then smart HTTP works fine. I wonder if there is a problem in the cgit setup on kernel.org (or if it was even intended that you could fetch from the cgit URL at all; the cgit page shows the clone URLs in /pub/scm/git).

answer Jul 23, 2013 by anonymous
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