FATAL ERROR: Server unexpectedly closed network connection

[Harikrishna.Pasavala1]

Hi, I am getting this below error and tried multiple solutions, but they didn't work for me. Can any one help me on this ?

git -c filter.lfs.smudge= -c filter.lfs.required=false -c diff.mnemonicprefix=false -c core.quotepath=false --no-optional-locks clone --branch master git@git.ng.bluemix.net:**********/wcs9.git C:\wcs9
Cloning into 'C:\wcs9'...
FATAL ERROR: Server unexpectedly closed network connection
fetch-pack: unexpected disconnect while reading sideband packet
fatal: early EOF
fatal: index-pack failed
Completed with errors, see above.

Thanks inadvance!

[Martin Runge]

Hi @Harikrishna.Pasavala1

The remote host is git.ng.bluemix.net, which is IBM Cloud's Git service. The "server unexpectedly closed network connection" combined with early EOF and index-pack failed almost never points to a Sourcetree bug itself. It usually means the connection was dropped mid-transfer, and Git couldn't finish assembling the packfile on your end.

There is a high chance that the repo is very large. I would try a shallow clone first to confirm that connectivity is the issue and not something structural.

I would add these two Git config options globally in Sourcetree under Tools > Options > Git or via your ~/.gitconfig:

git config --global core.compression 0
git config --global http.postBuffer 524288000