On Tue, 2 Jan 2018 16:18:09 -0800 Brandon Williams <bmwill@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > - while ((len = read_remote_ref(in, &src_buf, &src_len, &responded))) { > + while (state != EXPECTING_DONE) { > + switch (packet_reader_read(&reader)) { > + case PACKET_READ_EOF: > + die_initial_contact(1); > + case PACKET_READ_NORMAL: > + len = reader.pktlen; > + if (len > 4 && skip_prefix(packet_buffer, "ERR ", &arg)) This should be a field in reader, not the global packet_buffer, I think. Also, I did a search of usages of packet_buffer, and there are just a few of them - it might be worthwhile to eliminate it, and have each component using it allocate its own buffer. But this can be done in a separate patch set. > @@ -269,6 +284,8 @@ struct ref **get_remote_heads(int in, char *src_buf, size_t src_len, > if (process_shallow(len, shallow_points)) > break; > die("protocol error: unexpected '%s'", packet_buffer); Here too.