Hi, I've been building git from source and directly using the executable. Roughly ``` cd git make cd .. git/git clone --filter=blob:none file://$(pwd)/git a_clone_of_git ``` This is what I was missing: git config uploadpack.allowanysha1inwant true If this is not set, then the checkout fails w/ a fatal: protocol error: bad pack header Perhaps the error message and/or docs could be improved here to something with more detail than "bad pack header"? Not seeing anything to suggest this in the docs https://git-scm.com/docs/partial-clone Thanks for the prompt response. Appreciated! --Nipunn On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 5:56 PM Taylor Blau <me@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Nipunn, > > On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 05:38:15PM +0100, Nipunn Koorapati wrote: > > Hi friends, > > > > When I run a git clone with --filter and a file:/// URI - it fails. > > > > Repro steps: > > > > I have the `git` repo cloned and built into the CWD at v2.28.0 > > git/git clone --filter=blob:none file:///home/nipunn/src/git git2 > > I couldn't quite reproduce this. Here's my reproduction: > > #!/bin/sh > > rm -fr repo clone > git init repo > > ( > cd repo > > git config uploadpack.allowfilter true > git config uploadpack.allowanysha1inwant true > > for f in a b; do > echo $f > $f > git add $f > git commit -m "$f: initial commit" > done > ) > > git clone --filter=blob:none file://$(pwd)/repo clone > > That works on v2.28.0, and v2.29.0 for me. Is git installed properly on > your system? > > Thanks, > Taylor
