无法推送到本地git repo

Question

I am trying to create a git repo on localhost. I followed the following tutorial: https://linuxprograms.wordpress.com/2010/05/10/how-to-set-up-a-git-repository-locally/ Everything works fine until I try to make the first push. I get the following error:

fatal: protocol error: bad line length character: JAVA

Many questions similar to this, suggests that I should look for echo statements in .bashrc file. But there are no echo statements there. I get the same error when I try to push to a remote repo as well.

Answer 1

This is a common problem, namely the error:

fatal: protocol error: bad line length character: This

I've read that this can happen due to of problems with the Shell access (is the access allowed?) on the server..

Perhaps this link would be of any help: Git Remote: Error: fatal: protocol error: bad line length character: Unab . It seems related.

Goodluck! ;)

Answer 2

You can try the following:

usermod -s /bin/bash git

Also, the following post might provide more information on this: ref

Reason (Quoted from post):

The reason for changing the login shell is because the default shell for the git user is /sbin/nologin (or similar, depending on environment), which prevents the git application from logging in as the git user on the git server.

Answer 3

I've seen this a few time when run through TeamCity. In our case the /tmp space is full, clearing it removes the problem.

Unfortunately I can't explain why this causes the problem.