Homebrew not installing on Big Sur v 11.2.1 - Failed during: git fetch --force origin

[c-lewis99]

Already have the latest Xcode Command line tools installed.
However when I try to install Homebrew using;

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"

I get the error;

fatal: the remote end hung up unexpectedly8.39 MiB | 1.04 MiB/s
fatal: early EOF
fatal: index-pack failed
Failed during: git fetch --force origin

Have tried uninstalling and reinstalling it but keep getting the same error.
Is this a connections/permissions/software issue?

Any help appreciated!
Cheers

[SMillerDev]

This is a connection issue with Github you could check #666 (comment) for more info

[c-lewis99]

Have tried pretty much all the suggestions I've come across (changing git buffer size, trying SSH etc) to no avail.
Could it be my wifi? Have already tried with my 4g network.

[unnithekkekuruvath]

My issue turned out to be DNS related, I set my network config to Google's public 8.8.8.8 DNS. I can now install Homebrew via terminal with no issues.

[leonardkorb]

My issue turned out to be DNS related, I set my network config to Google's public 8.8.8.8 DNS. I can now install Homebrew via terminal with no issues.

it was the only thing that worked for me. Thank you so much for posting.

[haddagart]

Changing my DNS to Google's 8.8.8.8 public DNS worked for me. I almost changed my .gitconfig credentials if I wasn't sure about it. Thank you so much for this trick.