I'm running the Git dameon on Win7 (Ultimate - x64) from MinGW. When I first start the daemon (as in first time it runs since the last restart), I can perform any command on the server from a remote computer without incident.
However, after a while, commands will fail with fatal: read error: Connection reset by peer. I've tried restarting the daemon, restarting my connection to the network, and disabling and enabling my wireless adapter. The only solution is a reboot.
I have verbosity turned on and the daemon sees the incoming connection. From the output, it seems like the server handles the command normally:
[7232] Connection from 192.168.2.169:60163
[7232] Extended attributes (19 bytes) exist <host=192.168.2.99>
[7232] Request upload-pack for '/asterisk-config-client'
[2964] [7232] Disconnected
Typically, I call any Git commands from a virtual machine on my computer. So, I attempted to run commands locally (I can use Git without MinGW, but I prefer not to) and still got the same error. I even tried to start the daemon outside of MinGW (without restarting my computer) with no luck.
From what I can tell, it sounds like the socket binding is getting messed up. But I have no idea how to clear a socket or anything like that on Windows. When it comes to administration, I like Linux.
Windows firewall is known to cause this error. try disabling it and see if it improves.