Re: git difftool with symlink to readonly jar failed

From: Etienne d'Hautefeuille <sagoum.kakoum@gmail.com>
Date: May 25, 2018, 06:23 UTC
Message-ID: <CAFazEUNX4eabQWpEXa74a0vCCHyJMNcdS0ZCm9Xtm2qHGNMLJw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAP8UFD0ZLsZ97OJYyVTC0fqUJfxJyMzE+PRE4uYVwhDqdkgRTA@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

same problem with all program, There is a crash before the launch

> git difftool --dir-diff 4cb98b4a307ce97d9e6b8e4b03211fa5ca8af7e7

0244799661b993b1f78fa5afb621de3fe4c4a39c -- fatal: could not open '/tmp/git-difftool.g80nLO/left/jenkins.war' for writing: Permission denied

> git difftool --dir-diff  --dir-diff --tool=kdiff3

4cb98b4a307ce97d9e6b8e4b03211fa5ca8af7e7 0244799661b993b1f78fa5afb621de3fe4c4a39c -- fatal: could not open '/tmp/git-difftool.R1NgMw/left/jenkins.war' for writing: Permission denied

> git difftool --dir-diff  --dir-diff --tool=bc3

4cb98b4a307ce97d9e6b8e4b03211fa5ca8af7e7 0244799661b993b1f78fa5afb621de3fe4c4a39c -- fatal: could not open '/tmp/git-difftool.MNyx8b/left/jenkins.war' for writing: Permission denied

> git difftool --dir-diff  --dir-diff --tool=kompare

4cb98b4a307ce97d9e6b8e4b03211fa5ca8af7e7 0244799661b993b1f78fa5afb621de3fe4c4a39c -- fatal: could not open '/tmp/git-difftool.lj82wR/left/jenkins.war' for writing: Permission denied

Le ven. 25 mai 2018 à 07:40, Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com> a écrit :

> Hi,

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> On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 11:11 PM, Etienne d'Hautefeuille
> <sagoum.kakoum@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > #try  a diff
> > git difftool --dir-diff 4cb98b4a307ce97d9e6b8e4b03211fa5ca8af7e7
> > 0244799661b993b1f78fa5afb621de3fe4c4a39c
> > fatal: impossible d'ouvrir '/tmp/git-difftool.UQ4mqo/left/jenkins.war'

en

> > écriture: Permission non accordée

> You should use LANG=C so that people can understand the error message.

> Also git difftool launches another program that will actually perform
> the diff. It looks like it is bcompare on your setup. Did you try with
> another program?