Re: Meaning of "fatal: protocol error: bad line length character"?

Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] writes:

Bill Lear [off-list ref] writes:

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% git push
updating 'refs/heads/master'
  from 6b421066e842203e383e1dc466c1cdef10de56b1
  to   2a8e554ae0c99d44988690c9fce693b3f5f128fa
Generating pack...
Done counting 61 objects.
Result has 32 objects.
Deltifying 32 objects.
 100% (32/32) done
Writing 32 objects.
 100% (32/32) done
Total 32, written 32 (delta 18), reused 0 (delta 0)
Unpacking 32 objects
fatal: protocol error: bad line length character

By the way, I can see from the pack-objects output above that
you seem to be using git before commit 67c08ce1 (Nov 29, 2006);
most likely you are using the official 1.4.4.4?

Is it possible for you to try git built from the tip of 'master'
to see if it reproduces?