[git-users] Git on Windows, permission denied when directory structure does not match between branches
I am on Windows 7 and every time I switch to a branch that does not have the same directory structure as the branch I was in I get permission denied errors when ever I attempt to then do a pull, merge, or commit. If I attempt to access the directory through other means I get the same error message, so it is probably something to do with Windows. Unfortunately this only occurs when I switch branches with Git. If I restart the system the directory is removed and I can continue, although this is a major drain on productivity Is there another way to correct this issue or preferably avoid it altogether? --
Re: [git-users] Git on Windows, permission denied when directory structure does not match between branches
On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 01:13:37PM -0800, Donald Blodgett wrote: I am on Windows 7 and every time I switch to a branch that does not have the same directory structure as the branch I was in I get permission denied errors when ever I attempt to then do a pull, merge, or commit. If I attempt to access the directory through other means I get the same error message, so it is probably something to do with Windows. Unfortunately this only occurs when I switch branches with Git. If I restart the system the directory is removed and I can continue, although this is a major drain on productivity Is there another way to correct this issue or preferably avoid it altogether? Do you have any sort of IDE or a similar piece of software running while switching branches? Windows filesystem semantics are such that if a process has a directory as its current directory, Windows will prevent all sorts of manipulations upon that directory, and various IDEs are known to change their working drectory when, say, opening files through the standard Open file dialog etc... P.S. In either case, specific questions like this should be directed to the mailing list dedicated to the development of Git for Windows [1], and you should include your version of Git as well as platform architecture. Capture (textual) of actual error messages is also a must. 1. http://groups.google.com/group/msysgit --
Re: [git-users] Git on Windows, permission denied when directory structure does not match between branches
I'm a LInux bigot, but use Windows when forced (at work). I am wondering if perhaps you should git checkout ... to switch to the branch with problems. Then use Windows Explorer to fix the permissions. Actually, this is what I think you're doing now. After this, then in each of the directories which have a permission problem (or all of them), create a new file such as x.txt. Once you've done that, do a git add -A . in the working directory, followed by a git commit -m 'fix permissions, phase 1. Follow that by a git push to update the remote repository. Now go back into all the subdirectories and delete the x.txt that you created. Go back to the working directory and again do a git add -A ., git commit -m 'fix permissios, phase 2, then git push. I am not certain, but I hope this will update the directory permissions on your local system and push them onto the remote repo as well. Of course, this is just a SWAG. On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Donald Blodgett blodgett.don...@gmail.com wrote: I am on Windows 7 and every time I switch to a branch that does not have the same directory structure as the branch I was in I get permission denied errors when ever I attempt to then do a pull, merge, or commit. If I attempt to access the directory through other means I get the same error message, so it is probably something to do with Windows. Unfortunately this only occurs when I switch branches with Git. If I restart the system the directory is removed and I can continue, although this is a major drain on productivity Is there another way to correct this issue or preferably avoid it altogether? -- -- Maranatha! John McKown --
