git clone: GnuTLS recv 错误 (-9): 收到了长度意外的 TLS 数据包

Question

I'm trying to clone a git repository and I'm receiving following error while executing the command:

GnuTLS recv error (-9): A TLS packet with unexpected length was received.

My client machine is a Ubuntu 14.04.

Answer 1

This is Known bug as @Ivan Ternovtsiy said ,but there is workaround

Remove current GIT from your system

 sudo apt-get purge git

Download GIT deb git_1.9.1-1_amd64.deb link

Execute the downloaded DEB.

Answer 2

如果你在中国，可能你应该为 git 设置代理，例如

git config --global https.proxy 'socks5://127.0.0.1:9999'

Answer 3

Your mileage may vary, but in my case I was suspecting two factors:

• low download speed -> connection too long on big repository
• my Internet provider doesn't like long connections and closes them

So I decided to change Internet provider and pick a higher bandwidth. It's working fine now. I'm not sure if only changing provider or picking a higher bandwidth would have been enough, so you'd have to try out.

Note: I used to use a workaround I mentioned in another question which is about shallow cloning, and that made me think that shorter connections may work.