Git fetch github: Index-pack failed

When running the command git fetch github , I get the following error:

fatal: write error: Broken pipe93), 23.23 MiB | 635 KiB/s

fatal: index-pack failed.

I then get a "git.exe has stopped working" error message while Windows attempts to find a solution to the problem.

Running *GIT_TRACE=1 git fetch github* doesn't give any additional details.

Note: I can perform a git fetch github [branch name] directly and that works without error

When I try "Repository > Compress Database" 开发者_运维技巧in Git Gui, I get "Error: Command Failed". I get the same error when I try "Repository > Verify Database".

How do I get around this? It's almost like my local repo is corrupt.

System Info

• *Git Bash: 1.7.4-preview20110204
• Windows 7 64-bit*

Couple of options:

• check if the problem persists in a new local repo (so, after re-cloning your GitHub repo)

• check if raising the postBuffer size can alleviate the problem

  git config --global http.postBuffer 524288000

(as mentioned in "The remote end hung up unexpectedly while git cloning")