Cloning of branch v1.16.6: git fails (Retropie setup)

[yPhil-gh]

Game or games this happens in

None

What area of the game / PPSSPP

When trying to clone as per the Retropie install (lr-ppsspp) script :

# git clone --recursive --depth 1 --shallow-submodules --branch v1.16.6 https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp.git
Cloning into 'ppsspp'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 2458, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (2458/2458), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (2149/2149), done.
error: 7056 bytes of body are still expectediB | 238.00 KiB/s
fetch-pack: unexpected disconnect while reading sideband packet
fatal: early EOF
fatal: fetch-pack: invalid index-pack output

Tested on two different machines ; other git repos clone fine.

What should happen

It should clone OK w/ errors.

Logs

Log started at: Wed 27 Dec 22:39:34 +01 2023

RetroPie-Setup version: 4.8.6 (c10045cf)
System: x86_64 (x86_64) - Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS - Linux moe 6.2.0-39-generic #40~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Nov 16 10:53:04 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Installing dependencies for 'lr-ppsspp' : PlayStation Portable emu - PPSSPP port for libretro
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

/home/px/src/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/lr-ppsspp /home/px

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Getting sources for 'lr-ppsspp' : PlayStation Portable emu - PPSSPP port for libretro
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

git clone --recursive --depth 1 --shallow-submodules --branch v1.16.6 "https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp.git" "/home/px/src/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/lr-ppsspp/ppsspp"
Cloning into '/home/px/src/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/lr-ppsspp/ppsspp'...
error: 5675 bytes of body are still expected
fetch-pack: unexpected disconnect while reading sideband packet
fatal: early EOF
fatal: fetch-pack: invalid index-pack output
fatal: cannot change to '/home/px/src/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/lr-ppsspp/ppsspp': No such file or directory
fatal: cannot change to '/home/px/src/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/lr-ppsspp/ppsspp': No such file or directory
HEAD is now in branch '' at commit ''
/home/px/src/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/emulators/ppsspp.sh: line 39: cd: ppsspp: No such file or directory
sed: can't read ffmpeg/linux_arm.sh: No such file or directory
sed: can't read cmake/Toolchains/raspberry.armv7.cmake: No such file or directory
sed: can't read cmake/Toolchains/raspberry.armv7.cmake: No such file or directory
sed: can't read cmake/Toolchains/raspberry.armv7.cmake: No such file or directory
sed: can't read cmake/Toolchains/raspberry.armv?.cmake: No such file or directory
can't find file to patch at input line 5
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|diff --git a/Common/GPU/OpenGL/DataFormatGL.cpp b/Common/GPU/OpenGL/DataFormatGL.cpp
|index 425f247..ea690d8 100644
|--- a/Common/GPU/OpenGL/DataFormatGL.cpp
|+++ b/Common/GPU/OpenGL/DataFormatGL.cpp
--------------------------
No file to patch.  Skipping patch.
1 out of 1 hunk ignored
can't find file to patch at input line 24
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|diff --git a/Common/GPU/OpenGL/GLFeatures.cpp b/Common/GPU/OpenGL/GLFeatures.cpp
|index c17f1d1..fa3463e 100644
|--- a/Common/GPU/OpenGL/GLFeatures.cpp
|+++ b/Common/GPU/OpenGL/GLFeatures.cpp
--------------------------
No file to patch.  Skipping patch.
1 out of 1 hunk ignored
Error running 'git clone --recursive --depth 1 --shallow-submodules --branch v1.16.6 https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp.git /home/px/src/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/lr-ppsspp/ppsspp' - returned 128
lr-ppsspp patch /home/px/src/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/emulators/ppsspp/gles2_fix.diff failed to apply
/home/px

Log ended at: Wed 27 Dec 22:41:05 +01 2023
Total running time: 0 hours, 1 mins, 31 secs

Platform

libretro / Retroarch

Mobile device model or graphics card (GPU)

n/a

PPSSPP version affected

n/a

Last working version

n/a

Graphics backend (3D API)

Vulkan

Checklist

• [X] Test in the latest git build in case it's already fixed.
• [X] Search for other reports of the same issue.
• [X] Try resetting settings or older versions and include if the issue is related.
• [X] Try without any cheats and without loading any save states.
• [X] Include logs or screenshots of issue.

[anr2me]

I tried running git clone --recursive --depth 1 --shallow-submodules --branch v1.16.6 "https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp.git" ppsspp on Windows but didn't find any issue.

If it was an issue that only occurred on linux, the CI on Github's Actions should have failed too during the checkout step, but didn't.

Btw, does cloning an older version or the master branch also have the same problem?

[LunaMoo]

Try some solutions from here: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/48568

Since it works for others, it's not about PPSSPP, but probably the fact it's a big project bloated by some third party dependencies and something in your setup not working well with such bigger projects, you might need to change some git settings or try with different network.

[anr2me]

Nice info there LunaMoo :)

I would suggest using VPN first before changing any settings, in case his ISP have censorship (they can accidentally blocks or throttle the speed of some websites by accident, like my ISP did in the past >.<)

[unknownbrackets]

Maybe doesn't help with the script, but the best way to reduce the network traffic spike is likely to clone subrepositories separately (i.e. not use --recursive but instead use git submodule update --init afterward.)

-[Unknown]