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Re: Unable to create temporary file '/var/git/tmv3-target-overlay.git/shallow_Un8ZOR': Permission denied

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JTJoakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund@transmode.se>
Date
Sep 19, 2015, 08:44 UTC
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<1442652278.21964.52.camel@transmode.se>
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On Sat, 2015-09-19 at 09:21 +0700, Duy Nguyen wrote:
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> On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 11:54 PM, Joakim Tjernlund
> <joakim.tjernlund@transmode.se> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2015-09-17 at 20:18 +0700, Duy Nguyen wrote:
> > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 10:37 PM, Joakim Tjernlund
> > > <joakim.tjernlund@transmode.se> wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 2015-08-31 at 16:56 +0700, Duy Nguyen wrote:
> > > > > On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 6:36 PM, Joakim Tjernlund
> > > > > <joakim.tjernlund@transmode.se> wrote:
> > > > > > I cannot push:
> > > > > > # > git push origin
> > > > > > Login for jocke@git.transmode.se
> > > > > > Password:
> > > > > > Counting objects: 7, done.
> > > > > > Delta compression using up to 4 threads.
> > > > > > Compressing objects: 100% (7/7), done.
> > > > > > Writing objects: 100% (7/7), 13.73 KiB | 0 bytes/s, done.
> > > > > > Total 7 (delta 4), reused 0 (delta 0)
> > > > > > fatal: Unable to create temporary file '/var/git/tmv3-target-overlay.git/shallow_Un8ZOR':
> > > > > > Permission
> > > > > > denied
> 
> I'm about to do it, but now I'm not sure if I should move
> shallow_XXXXXX out of $GIT_DIR. It will not be the only command that
> may write to $GIT_DIR. "git gc --auto" (which can be triggered at the
> server side at push time) can write $GIT_DIR/gc.pid (and soon,
> gc.log). Even if you disable gc --auto and run it periodically (with
> cron or something), it will write gc.pid.
> 
> Is it really necessary to remove write access in $GIT_DIR? Do we (git
> devs) have some guidelines about things in $GIT_DIR?

It feels a lot cleaner to not let everybody create stuff in $GIT_DIR we have: # > ls -l total 24 dr-xr-sr-x 6 apache tm-3000 123 Jun 10 15:30 ./ drwxr-xr-x 36 root root 4096 Jun 25 11:11 ../ -r--r--r-- 1 root tm-3000 263 Jun 10 15:28 config -r--r--r-- 1 apache tm-3000 73 Jun 10 15:28 description -rw-r--r-- 1 root tm-3000 0 Jun 10 15:30 git-daemon-export-ok -r--r--r-- 1 apache tm-3000 23 Jun 10 15:28 HEAD drwxr-sr-x 2 root tm-3000 4096 Jun 10 15:28 hooks/ drwxrwsr-x 2 apache tm-3000 20 Jun 10 15:28 info/ drwxrwsr-x 157 apache tm-3000 4096 Jul 14 15:06 objects/ drwxrwsr-x 4 apache tm-3000 29 Jun 10 15:28 refs/

Why mess this up with tmp files? Would be cleaner to have a specific tmp dir in $GIT_DIR for that.
 Jocke
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  1. Joakim TjernlundAug 21, 2015
  2. Joakim TjernlundAug 21, 2015
  3. Joakim TjernlundAug 31, 2015
  4. Duy NguyenAug 31, 2015
  5. Joakim TjernlundSep 14, 2015
  6. Duy NguyenSep 17, 2015
  7. Joakim TjernlundSep 17, 2015
  8. Duy NguyenSep 19, 2015
  9. Duy NguyenSep 19, 2015
  10. Johannes SchindelinSep 19, 2015
  11. Joakim TjernlundSep 20, 2015
  12. Joakim TjernlundSep 19, 2015
  13. Junio C HamanoSep 21, 2015
  14. Joakim TjernlundSep 21, 2015
  15. Johannes SchindelinSep 22, 2015
  16. Joakim TjernlundSep 22, 2015
  17. Johannes SchindelinSep 23, 2015
  18. Junio C HamanoSep 23, 2015
  19. Joakim TjernlundSep 23, 2015
  20. Johannes SchindelinSep 23, 2015

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