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

> Hi Duy,
> 
> On 2015-09-19 04:21, Duy Nguyen wrote:
> > 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?
> 
> IMO it makes little sense to remove write access from users who you want to push.
> 
> They need to write objects to the directory, after all, and update refs.
> 
> This problem sounds more like the doing of an overzealous sysadmin to me than a careful one who researched
> diligently what locations require write access for the intended operations.