First, turn off compression:
git config --global core.compression 0
Next, let's do a partial clone to truncate the amount of info coming down:
git clone --depth 1 <repo_URI>
When that works, go into the new directory and retrieve the rest of the clone:
git fetch --unshallow
or, alternately,
git fetch --depth=2147483647
Now, do a regular pull:
git pull --all
I think there is a glitch with msysgit in the 1.8.x versions that exacerbates these symptoms, so another option is to try with an earlier version of git (<= 1.8.3, I think).
Thank you, this worked great. I had tried changing the http.postbuffer which didn't work, but after doing as stated in this answer, it worked great. I didn't use the "git fetch --depth=2147483647" line, but I used the rest.
@EthenA.Wilson You need to pass in the remote url for the repository afterwards. E.g.
git clone --depth 1 git@host:user/my_project.git.@Jose A. -- I experienced this problem when I was on a newer version of msysgit. If you are on msysgit, try an older version (<=1.8.3). Otherwise, try git fetch --depth 1000 (then 2000, etc., increasing incrementally until all the files are pulled).
@Jose A. -- Also, have a look at this: stackoverflow.com/questions/4826639/…
Hi, dear friend. Thank you for your great solution. But the last
git pull --allnot works. Because ofgit clone --depth 1will set fetching range only one branch. So we have to edit .git/config first.