git clone fatal error : RPC failed , The remote end hung up unexpectedly, early EOF

Question

i'm trying to clone a repository and start using it so i tape u

$ git clone https://github.com/VirtuOR/OpenTRILL

the cloning begins

Cloning into 'OpenTRILL'...
remote: Counting objects: 46419, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (42140/42140), done.

but it ends with the following error

error: RPC failed; result=18, HTTP code = 200MiB | 55 KiB/s    
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
fatal: early EOF
fatal: index-pack failed

Any help please

Answer 1

I know its late but here is the solution,

First,let's do a partial clone to truncate the amount of info coming down:

git clone --depth 1 <url>

it will clones the repository with the minimum git history. however,cloning with ‘–depth 1′ does not let you push your changed to your remote repo. Now fetch the rest with :

git fetch --depth=1000000
(Update Oct/3/2013) for git version >= 1.8.3,
git fetch --unshallow

note:

‘git fetch –unshallow’ is basically an alias for ‘git fetch –depth=2147483647′.

Pushing from a shallow clone isn’t guaranteed; the recommended workflow is to submit a patch(git format-patch) from your shallow clone. Though git clone manual states that a shallow clone cannot push, having a common commit history between your shallow clone and origin will allow the shallow clone to push through. But be warned that your shallow clone will be in trouble if the origin reworks the commit history.(source article: why-cant-i-push-from-a-shallow-clone).