Versioning configuration files on a server: fatal: Unable to create '//etc/.git/index.lock': No such file or directory

From: Albert Strasheim <fullung@gmail.com>
Date: Nov 17, 2010, 06:24 UTC
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=UPWTeZP9uF+FGtsSs7wH3AmwdeLtsPJQnKvez@mail.gmail.com>

Hello all

I'm trying to use git to version all the configuration files on a server:

su cd / git init cd / touch k git add k #this works cd /etc git add hosts

This fails with:

fatal: Unable to create '//etc/.git/index.lock': No such file or directory

I'm running git-1.7.3.2-1.fc14.x86_64.

Is there any way to convince git to work in this scenario?

Regards

Albert

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