Re: [git-users] git clone fails with unable to overwrite old ref-pack file
On Tue, 7 Aug 2012 18:24:48 -0700 (PDT) Lisa Zorn lisa.z...@sfcta.org wrote: (CC'ing the msysgit mailing list, I suspect the discussion does really belong there, so possibly please cull git-users from the CC list when replying.) 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\dir2git 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? Are you sure that the combination of dir1\dir2 and that Muni_... thing does not exceed the limit of 260 or so characters? This has been discussed recently: [1], [2]. I would try to debug this situation by monitoring which files are acce ssed by Git tools using Process Monitor [3] (ex. FileMon) -- you could filter its output by failed attempts to create/open files. 1. https://github.com/msysgit/msysgit/issues/52 2. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.msysgit/14572 3. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645 -- 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.
Re: [git-users] git clone fails with unable to overwrite old ref-pack file
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\dir2git 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.
Re: [git-users] git clone fails with unable to overwrite old ref-pack file
Thanks, I tried making sure I set things to not RO but I'll try more (windows permissions are confusing, I am never sure if I'm succeeding with things using the UI). The other thing is that before this, we git clone many other things into dir2 and they all work fine, but this one fails. And it's re-producable; if I delete dir2 and start over, the same thing happens on the same git_src (ok clearly that's Muni_GenevaBRT_ HuntersPtToCandlestickInterchangeOnly but I was trying to simplify my email) after succeeding with other git clones before that). -Lisa On Tuesday, August 7, 2012 6:37:34 PM UTC-7, Wes Freeman wrote: 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...@sfcta.org javascript: 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\dir2git 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-...@googlegroups.comjavascript: . To unsubscribe from this group, send email to git-users+...@googlegroups.com javascript:. 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/git-users/-/MCq1e6ocdQMJ. 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.
Re: [git-users] git clone fails with unable to overwrite old ref-pack file
I agree, windows permissions are annoying. Actually it might be a permission within the git_src folder getting copied down. Have you looked at that? Wes On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 9:43 PM, Lisa Zorn lisa.z...@sfcta.org wrote: Thanks, I tried making sure I set things to not RO but I'll try more (windows permissions are confusing, I am never sure if I'm succeeding with things using the UI). The other thing is that before this, we git clone many other things into dir2 and they all work fine, but this one fails. And it's re-producable; if I delete dir2 and start over, the same thing happens on the same git_src (ok clearly that's Muni_GenevaBRT_** HuntersPtToCandlestickIntercha**ngeOnly but I was trying to simplify my email) after succeeding with other git clones before that). -Lisa On Tuesday, August 7, 2012 6:37:34 PM UTC-7, Wes Freeman wrote: 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...@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\dir2git clone -b master Y:\git_src Cloning into 'Muni_GenevaBRT_**HuntersPtToCandlestickIntercha** ngeOnly'... 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/-/plrGfYp4gNkJhttps://groups.google.com/d/msg/git-users/-/plrGfYp4gNkJ . To post to this group, send email to git-...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to git-users+...@** googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** group/git-users?hl=en 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/git-users/-/MCq1e6ocdQMJ. 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.
