The remote end hung up unexpectedly while git cloning

Question

My git client repeatedly fails with the following error after trying to clone the repository for some time.

What could be the issue here?

Answer 1

It may be as simple as a server problem. If using GitHub, check https://twitter.com/githubstatus. I saw this for the first time just now and discovered GitHub's having a wobble. A few minutes later it worked again fine.