Why would git-upload-pack (during git clone) hang?

Question

I\'ve read several other \'git hangs on clone\' questions, but none match my environment and details. I\'m using git built under cygwin (msys git is not an option) to clone

Answer 1

We have faced a similar issue - and we attributed it to the following: Our git repo has a LOT of binary files checked in (multiple versions, over the past 1.5 years of this project). So, we assumed that this was the cause.

To support this theory, we have other code bases that are more recent (and thus do not have so many binary files and their versions) - which do not exhibit this behavior.

Our setup: Git setup on linux, site-to-site VPN between London and India over a T1 line.