Strange error in gitlab: fatal: protocol error: ba

Question

On one of my servers, when I'm try to pull/ls-remote fresh-created repo on gitlab, I'm getting these error:

git ls-remote [e-mail]:mas-vem/dinnerdelivery.git
fatal: protocol error: bad line length character: Depl

If I'm trying to ls-remote one of earliest created repositories, all is fine.

When I'm run this command:

ssh [e-mail] git-receive-pack mas-vem/dinnerdelivery.git

I'm getting this error:

Deploy key not allowed to push

But I doesn't want to push =/

What it could be? Does it is gitlab issue or error on my side?

Answer 1

Found what is was problem: I just forgot to add deploy key to repo =/ After that issue was solved.

Answer 2

To verify that your remote URL is correct use following command:

git remote -v 

Make sure your "origin" remote URL is correct, because if git is unable to connect to remote then you would see these errors.

Fix the remote using following command:

 git remote set-url <your-remote-name> <your-remote-url> 

That should fix this issue.

Answer 3

I would like to add an aditional fix to this problem, if you are part of a Group, and you can pull the project, but get the error when you push, not having write privledges will give you this error! Make sure you are in the Group that owns the project.

Answer 4

Just for other users reference:

fatal: protocol error: bad line length character: no s

can be a truncated answer for "No such project".

As in my case, this kind of error can be fixed by adding user (even yourself) to the project in gitlab:

https://gitlab.com/username/your_project/project_members

also, ensure your public key is set in your user "Profile settings" > SSH Key or in Project > Settings > Deploy Keys

Answer 5

fatal: protocol error: bad line length character: This

has been discussed here before. It's a common error.

I believe one of the main reasons of this happening is because of problems with the Shell access (is the access allowed?) on the server..

I would suggest to look at Git push results in fatal: protocol error: bad line length character: This, it can give you an idea on how to tackle the problem.