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Re: [BUG] git repack fails if .git/objects/pack is on a separate partition

From
Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
Date
Oct 19, 2010, 06:59 UTC
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<201010190859.43098.trast@student.ethz.ch>
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Marat Radchenko wrote:
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> fatal: unable to rename temporary pack file: Invalid cross-device link
> error: failed to run repack
> 
> Reason:
> write_pack_file in builtin/pack-objects.c first writes tmp file in
> "pack/tmp_pack_XXXXXX".

What's your git version? Since 8b4eb6b (Do not perform cross-directory renames when creating packs, 2008-09-22), which was first released in 1.6.0.3 and 1.6.1, it should only create and rename files within the pack/ subdirectory. Which is what you are implying in the above snippet, but this should never result in a cross-device rename, so maybe I'm missing something.

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Thomas Rast
trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch
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  2. Thomas RastOct 19, 2010
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  4. Marat RadchenkoOct 19, 2010
  5. repack: place temporary packs under .git/objects/pack/Thomas Rast, Oct 19, 2010
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