Git push halts on "Writing Objects: 100%"

Question

I have set up a linux box with a Git repository (using xinetd).

I have enabled receive-pack for the git daemon to enable pushing to the repository.

Here's my current testing workflow:

On git server, run:

mkdir something

cd something

git init --bare

On a client box:

git clone git://server/repo

(msg about cloning an empty repository)

Perform some commits to the cloned repository.
git push

getting this msg:

Counting objects: 8, done.
Compressing objects: 100% (3/3) done,
Writing objects: 100% (6/6)

This does not finish. I have introduced only a small change, so this should be completed very quickly.

am i doing something wrong here?

Just in case that help, can you try a '`git config --global http.postBuffer 524288000`' before your `git push`? — VonC, Aug 18 '11 at 08:29
worth a try. The other thing to check is permissions: is there any read/write access issue? — VonC, Aug 18 '11 at 08:56
I suppose http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6887228 wouldn't help in your case? And that you are not using cygwin? (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3071667). May be a disk issue? (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1477254). An anti-virus issue? (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4587125) A router issue? (http://www.mail-archive.com/github@googlegroups.com/msg02184.html). Are you using msysgit on the client side? (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5520329) — VonC, Aug 18 '11 at 09:04
Yes i am using msysgit. Is there any other "flavor" that can be used? i downloaded it directly from their site. All my cilents will run on Windows (and integrate into Visual Studio). Are there any alternatives? — lysergic-acid, Aug 18 '11 at 09:14
on Windows, an alternative (that I wouldn't recommend except for this push operation) is installing Git in a Cygwin session. Other alternative involves JGit-EGit within an Eclipse session. Or Dulwich (http://www.samba.org/~jelmer/dulwich/) — VonC, Aug 18 '11 at 09:26
i find it hard to believe that the most common (correct me if I'm wrong) git client has this bug for several versions without being fixed. Perhaps this is a far fetched scenario since nobody prefers to use the git protocol for pushing into the server ? — lysergic-acid, Aug 18 '11 at 11:23
using the git protocol is indeed rare, but if you read the comments of http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/issues/detail?id=457, you will see it isn't fixed because nobody has managed to really debug that error (or take the time to). That confirms my initial feeling 2 years ago: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1704565/why-kiln-is-based-on-mercurial-and-not-other-dvcs/1704687#1704687 — VonC, Aug 18 '11 at 12:06
Thanks @VonC This was really the issue with my client (msysgit) — lysergic-acid, Aug 18 '11 at 15:38

score 43 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 27 '14 at 22:51

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If you are using msysgit - they have just released a version that allows a config option to stop git hanging.

Fix is for https://github.com/msysgit/git/issues/101 in release https://github.com/msysgit/msysgit/releases/tag/Git-1.9.4-preview20140611

You can fix it by setting

git config --global sendpack.sideband false

answered Jun 27 '14 at 22:51

Adrian Cornish

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Thank you. Almost 10y later still saved the day. – user1556435 Apr 30 '23 at 06:58

score 21 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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The issue is with mgitsys client

Git push halts on "Writing Objects: 100%"

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