Git Push fails with 'receive-pack did not complete' error in the logs
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*Except Fisheye and Crucible
Symptoms
Whenever user tries to perform a 'git push' operation from his/her client, the git push process fails and following appears in the atlassian-bitbucket.log:
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WARN [ssh-scm-request-handler] rdvelz 881x2289385x2 q6lyyi 10.101.160.50 SSH - git-receive-pack '/badp/core.git' c.a.s.i.s.g.p.ssh.GitSshScmRequest receive-pack did not completeCause
Most likely this issue is caused by a plugin called Reject Merge Commits Hook if the repository contains many branches, commits..
Workaround
You will need to disable Reject Merge Commits Hook plugin in Bitbucket Server
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