On Sat, 27 Dec 2008, Joe Casadonte wrote: > Hi, > > I'm new to git, so my apologies if I'm missing something pretty > basic. Here's my setup: > > "Public" server > --------------- > OS: RedHat clone, 2.6.9 kernel > git version: self-compiled, 1.6.0.6 > > Test client #1 (works) > ---------------------- > OS: RedHat clone, 2.6.9 kernel > git version: self-compiled, 1.6.0.6 > > Test client #2 (fails) > ---------------------- > OS: Win XP Pro > git version: cygwin compiled, 1.6.0.4 I'd try the msysgit version... > > I have a new repository on the "public" server, and have cloned it on > test client #1 with: > > $ git clone git://foobar/myproj.git > Initialized empty Git repository in /opt/myproj/.git/ > remote: Counting objects: 104, done. > remote: Compressing objects: 100% (72/72), done. > remote: Total 104 (delta 22), reused 104 (delta 22) > Receiving objects: 100% (104/104), 76.97 KiB, done. > Resolving deltas: 100% (22/22), done. > > > I try the same thing on test box #2 and receive: > > > D:\temp>git clone git://foobar/otminfmyproj.git > Initialized empty Git repository in /cygdrive/d/temp/foobar/.git/ > fatal: read error (Socket operation on non-socket) > fatal: early EOF > fatal: index-pack failed As Junio said, this smells like the build you have of git or of cygwin aren't dealing correctly with Windows' non-POSIX-ness. The msysgit version is more self-contained, and doesn't expect the system to be POSIX at all. -Daniel *This .sig left intentionally blank* -- 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