Helping someone with what at first appeared to be a gitolite problem, we found something curious. Here it is, reduced to pure git, even without ssh and other complications in between: 21:47:05 sita-lt:t $ rm -rf a b c 21:47:10 sita-lt:t $ git init --bare b Initialized empty Git repository in /home/sitaram/t/b/ 21:47:23 sita-lt:t $ git clone b a Initialized empty Git repository in /home/sitaram/t/a/.git/ warning: You appear to have cloned an empty repository. 21:47:29 sita-lt:t $ cat > b/hooks/post-receive #!/bin/bash # dummy 21:47:55 sita-lt:t $ chmod +x b/hooks/post-receive 21:48:00 sita-lt:t $ cd a 21:48:02 sita-lt:a (master) $ date > foo;git add foo; git commit -m foo; git push origin master [master (root-commit) f55bd25] foo 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 foo Counting objects: 3, done. Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 232 bytes, done. Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0) Unpacking objects: 100% (3/3), done. fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly error: error in sideband demultiplexer error: .git/objects/f5/5bd251325ad1647a29869e75a8080fee1a5d97 died of signal 13 To /home/sitaram/t/b * [new branch] master -> master error: failed to push some refs to '/home/sitaram/t/b' (rc=1)21:48:23 sita-lt:a $ Of course, this does not happen when the hook doesn't even exist... -- Sitaram -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html