For the record, I've found that some limited tracing can be enabled with GIT_TRACE. This didn't help clarifying the error though.
GIT_TRACE=1 git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/~agd5f/drm trace: built-in: git 'clone' 'git://anongit.freedesktop.org/~agd5f/drm' Initialized empty Git repository in /home/user/files/tmp/drm/.git/ trace: run_command: 'index-pack' '--stdin' '-v' '--fix-thin' '--keep=fetch-pack 22224 on dingsdale' trace: exec: 'git' 'index-pack' '--stdin' '-v' '--fix-thin' '--keep=fetch-pack 22224 on dingsdale' trace: exec: 'git-index-pack' '--stdin' '-v' '--fix-thin' '--keep=fetch-pack 22224 on dingsdale' remote: Counting objects: 35455, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (7932/7932), done. remote: Total 35455 (delta 27741), reused 34788 (delta 27161) Receiving objects: 100% (35455/35455), 11.30 MiB | 238 KiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (27741/27741), done. fatal: index-pack failed -- git clone stops with "fatal: index-pack failed" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/372394 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs