Re: v2.46.0-rc0 test failures on cygwin

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jul 17, 2024, 14:48 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq4j8o6pm5.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20240717064241.GF547635@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

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> On Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 08:45:48PM +0100, Ramsay Jones wrote:
>
>>   error: could not link file '.git/ref_migration.sr9pEF/reftable' to '.git/reftable': Permission denied
>>   migrated refs can be found at '.git/ref_migration.sr9pEF'
>> [...]
>> Now try to finish the migration by hand:
>> 
>>   $ mv .git/ref_migration.sr9pEF/reftable .git/reftable
>> 
>> Hmm, note no error; of course, the mv command may well do much more than
>> the rename() library function, so they are not necessarily equivalent.
>
> This is a shot in the dark, but: could the problem be an open file that
> cannot be moved? If I run a "ref migrate" on my Linux system in the
> debugger and stop at move_files(), checking /proc/<pid>/fd shows an open
> descriptor for .git/ref_migration.WnJ8TS/reftable/tables.list.

Hmph, I wonder ifthat means the same test should be failing on Windows, too?