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## Troubleshooting
+### push failed for branch (n/a (unpacker error))
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+This is a bug in JGit (issue-408). TLDR: Newer git clients are optimized to send less data on the wire. JGit expects complete data to be sent, but there are scenarios where native git can optimize-out sending objects. By default, JGit requires everything sent be complete and referenceable.
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+If you experience this, the workaround is to temporarily disable the reachable check for the receive pack, push, and then re-enable the setting.
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+ git.checkReferencedObjectsAreReachable = false
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### Eclipse/Egit/JGit complains that it "can't open upload pack"?
There are a few ways this can occur: