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

This worked for me, setting up Googles nameserver because no standard nameserver was specified, followed by restarting networking:

sudo echo "dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8" >> /etc/network/interfaces && sudo ifdown venet0:0 && sudo ifup venet0:0