git problem: pack has bad object at offset 77100841: inflate returned -3

I am facing the error

remote: Counting objects: 879862, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (156686/156686), done.
fatal: pack has bad object at offset 77100841: inflate returned -3
fatal: index-pack failed

while doing "git clone" of linux kernel of latest 2.6.27-rc2.
But am able to do the latest stable successfully.

Could you help me out in get rid off the problem. And am new to git usage,
so correct me if am doing any wrong.

I am using cygwin, git 1.5.6.4


best regards,
srinivas.