Check your permissions on dir1, and make sure it's not set as read-only or
something.

Wes

On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 9:24 PM, Lisa Zorn <lisa.z...@sfcta.org> wrote:

> Hello,
> I have been using git for years and have not run into this problem before.
>  I tried to git clone a repo that's on a local drive, and I get this error:
> dir1\dir2>git clone -b master Y:\git_src
> Cloning into 'Muni_GenevaBRT_HuntersPtToCandlestickInterchangeOnly'...
> done.
> fatal: unable to overwrite old ref-pack file: Permission denied
> fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
>
> However, when I run it in another directory (not a subdir of dir1), it
> works fine.  But it's repeatable; if I run it from dir1\dirX it happens
> again.
> I am using the stable version of git, and I'm on windows.  What's going on
> with the "old ref-pack file"?
>
> Thanks!
> -Lisa
>
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