Make upload-pack report "not our ref" errors to the client as an "ERR" line. (If not, the client would be left waiting for a response when the server is already dead.) Signed-off-by: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Thanks, here is the independent patch. upload-pack.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/upload-pack.c b/upload-pack.c index 7597ba340..ffb028d62 100644 --- a/upload-pack.c +++ b/upload-pack.c @@ -822,9 +822,13 @@ static void receive_needs(void) use_include_tag = 1; o = parse_object(sha1_buf); - if (!o) + if (!o) { + packet_write_fmt(1, + "ERR upload-pack: not our ref %s", + sha1_to_hex(sha1_buf)); die("git upload-pack: not our ref %s", sha1_to_hex(sha1_buf)); + } if (!(o->flags & WANTED)) { o->flags |= WANTED; if (!((allow_unadvertised_object_request & ALLOW_ANY_SHA1) == ALLOW_ANY_SHA1 -- 2.11.0.483.g087da7b7c-goog