bitbucket - Git error: inflate: data stream error (unknown compression method)

Question

I am getting Git error: inflate: data stream error (unknown compression method) fatal: failed to read object <hach>: Invalid argument error when I try do $ git status. How can I fix it?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41741683/git-error-inflate-data-stream-error-unknown-compression-method

Answer 1

1. Do a git fsck --full
2. Did it report a corrupted file?
3. If so delete the file, go back to step #1.
4. Do del .git/index
5. Do git reset