Small style tweak, and set an error (cherry picked from commit 895a668e19dc596e7b12ea27724ceb7b68556106)
diff --git a/src/transports/smart_pkt.c b/src/transports/smart_pkt.c
index 2377244..d4fbd37 100644
--- a/src/transports/smart_pkt.c
+++ b/src/transports/smart_pkt.c
@@ -402,7 +402,17 @@ int git_pkt_parse_line(
len = parse_len(line);
if (len < 0) {
- return GIT_ERROR;
+ /*
+ * If we fail to parse the length, it might be because the
+ * server is trying to send us the packfile already.
+ */
+ if (bufflen >= 4 && !git__prefixcmp(line, "PACK")) {
+ giterr_set(GITERR_NET, "unexpected pack file");
+ } else {
+ giterr_set(GITERR_NET, "bad packet length");
+ }
+
+ return -1;
}
/*