git: fatal: index-pack failed

Question

I tried to clone this repo few times, but get the same error. Is it because , it is huge and my connection is slow?

$ git clone https://git01.codeplex.com/typescript
Cloning into 'typescript'...
remote: Counting objects: 408886, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (32748/32748), done.
Receiving objects:   4% (20335/408886), 63.88 MiB | 250.00 KiB/s   
Receiving objects:   8% (33984/408886), 80.64 MiB | 307.00 KiB/s   
Receiving objects:  19% (79636/408886), 143.34 MiB | 253.00 KiB/s   
Receiving objects:  37% (154937/408886), 267.23 MiB | 329.00 KiB/s   
Receiving objects:  45% (187088/408886), 353.31 MiB | 387.00 KiB/s   
Receiving objects:  53% (218438/408886), 477.12 MiB | 299.00 KiB/s   
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly47.67 MiB | 367.00 KiB/s   
fatal: early EOF
fatal: index-pack failed

(I press ENTER few times, so the message Receiving objects: x% is preserved).

I tried,

git clone --depth=1 https://git01.codeplex.com/typescript Cloning into 'typescript'...

it never showed any progress. What other option I have to just get the latest version. (There is a download link on the site, but it is not git repo, so I can't git pull to update)

thanks

Answer 1

Try running the following:

git config pack.windowMemory 10m 
git config pack.packSizeLimit 20m

then retry the git clone.