msysgit - Git push fails with "fatal: early EOF" when PUSHing but only on one file

Question

When I try adding textures and text files to my repo it all works, but when I try adding a .blend file I get this error. I've tried a bunch of things I found here and on google, none of them worked (all were for clone/pull commands)

I'm using Tortoise git 1.7.8 and Git 1.7.10 msysgit - I changed to them after the latest builds failed.

Others have no problem pushing things to the repo, but I did not send them the .blend file.

Here is the output:

Pushing to ssh://[email protected]:x/home/git/gitrepo
Counting objects: 4, done.
Compressing objects: 100% (3/3)
Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 112.00 KiB | 116 KiB/s
Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 113.07 KiB | 116 KiB/s, done.
Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
fatal: early EOF
error: unpack failed: unpack-objects abnormal exit
To ssh://[email protected]:x/home/git/gitrepo
! [remote rejected] master -> master (n/a (unpacker error))
error: failed to push some refs to 'ssh://[email protected]:x/home/git/gitrepo'

EDIT: It now seems this is a server problem, since github works. I'll update if I find a solution.

Answer 1

(This answer is a workaround, not a solution.)

I've just had the same problem (can't push my changes anymore using TortoiseGit/msysgit). Since the problem occurs during unpacking, it can be avoided by disabling compression:

1. Context Menu on the folder/TortoiseGit/Settings
2. "Edit local .git/config"
3. Add compression = 0 to the [core] section.

Obviously, disabling compression might affect performance, so use this workaround at your own discretion.