[FFmpeg-user] ffmpeg git server misconfigured

[Moritz Barsnick]

On Thu, Feb 09, 2017 at 01:49:04 -0800, Andrew Robinson wrote:
> So, I know git is working.  But, when I tried to download a branch with 
> shallow copy .... the command fails.
> 
>     bash-4.3$  git clone --depth=1 --branch "n3.2.2" --single-branch http://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg ffmpeg
> 
>     Cloning into 'ffmpeg'...
>     fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
>     fatal: protocol error: bad pack header

I can confirm the issue.

To help yourself (but not the project), you can use the github mirror:

$ git clone --depth=1 --branch "n3.2.2" --single-branch https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg.git ffmpeg-branch

Cheers,
Moritz