How do I fix “remote: fatal error in commit_refs” errors trying to push with Git?

Question

When I try to push to master I get:

remote: fatal error in commit_refs

How can I solve this?

Answer 1

Pulling down latest code from the branch solved it for me:

git pull origin master
git push origin master

Answer 2

This fixed it for me:

git gc

That will start a garbage collection that resolved my error.