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 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Git for human beings" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/git-users/-/plrGfYp4gNkJ. > To post to this group, send email to git-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/git-users?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To post to this group, send email to git-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/git-users?hl=en.