I have recently bought a Windows 8 machine and I'm attempting to install Git. I think I have it all working correctly (I have done this correctly a few ties before). However, when I try to clone one of my repos from Github, I get the following error.
fatal: could not create work tree dir '..': Permission Denied
I am trying to do this inside C:\inetpub\wwwroot, would this be a windows "sensitive information" folder? In which case, how do I let it be edited by programs? (If that's what it's even called)
Or, if I only need to run this in administrator mode, how would I be able to do this when I right click in the folder and select "Git Bash Here" ?
Thanks in advance!
Disable UAC, make sure that you are logged in as full Administrator and run Git as Administrator too.
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Indeed I have same issue which is mentioned here "Why does bash (from git installation) give me segmentation fault suddenly?
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My git was working properly. But I need to regenerate keygen value and I got segmentation fault. I remoted git and installed the latest version of git (2.19.0-64-bit). I tried with git-bash from search, bash.exe from bin folder , git.exe from bin folder , git-bash.exe under Git Folder and git-cmd.exe under Git folder. The results are same.
After I read the link I shared above , I checked the windows updates as well. But there is no update.
Is there any idea ? Thanks in advance
2.9 is not the latest, one: 2.19 is.
Try (for testing) and uncompress the latest Git for Windows portable archive PortableGit-2.19.0-64-bit.7z.exe anywhere you want.
Then setup a simplified path in a CMD session.
set PATH=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem
set GIT_HOME=C:\Path\to\Git
set PATH=%GIT_HOME%;%GIT_HOME%\bin;%GIT_HOME%\usr\bin;%GIT_HOME%\mingw64\bin;%PATH%
(Add any other path you would need)
Try then to regenerate your SSH key.
Also, make sure this is not related to an AV (Anti-Virus) as in issue 1832 or issue 1291.
My company also uses TrendMicro.
Can confirm that making an exception for /Git/usr/bin/bash.exe works as well.
For me it was C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin, but adding it to the list of trusted programs did indeed fix the issue
I faced the same problem yesterday. Using git-bash, all my commands (i.e. mvn, javac, git pull) were giving error "Segmentation fault". This was because an update of my machine anti-virus which blocks proper access to my local login profile (sambit-swain#TERMINAL) After un-installing it, everything went back to normal.
So, the problem is not with GIT BASH or any other configuration. I should have checked the access levels (including SSH keys) to programs.
I wanted to try and use git in my regular Windows prompt instead of in Git Bash. Simply for the reason that I could then use the terminal that IntelliJ provides. I figured it to be a 1 minute fix but I guess not.
When I try to git pull origin <branch> I get the following error message:
C:\Users\Username\Documents\Bitbucket\java-project>git pull
Could not create directory '/c/Username/.ssh'.
The authenticity of host 'bitbucket.org (131.103.20.167)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is 12:8c:1b:f2:6d:14:6b:5c:3b:ec:aa:46:46:xy:7c:40.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Failed to add the host to the list of known hosts (/c/Username/.ssh/known_hosts).
Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.
I have set the permissions on the existing .ssh folder such that all Users have full access, administrators and SYSTEM. So that should be okay.
I also tried to run the prompt as Administrator to see if that was the issue but that's not the case either.
What I do notice now is that it says: Could not create directory '/c/Username/.ssh'.. However, my .ssh directory is located at C:\Users\Username\.ssh. I might need to change my configuration then.
Git version: 1.9.0.msysgit.0
Windows version: Windows 8.1
First of all, tested with msysgit 1.9.2, when one selects to make just git command available from cmd.exe during installation (where other choices are, make it avaiable only under git bash, or make all MSYS commands available under cmd.exe), git clone works from cmd.exe prompt.
The ssh client uses HOME environment variable to find .ssh/ directory, but git should take care of all the ugly details. You should not have HOME defined in your normal Windows environment, so if echo %HOME% in cmd.exe prompt prints a path, edit the OS environment variables and remove HOME.
If that does not solve it, uninstalling and installing latest version might help.
Finally, you have paths like C:UsersUsername, it probably means you're missing quotes somewhere. In git bash, try these two commands to see:
echo C:\Users\Username
echo 'C:\Users\Username'
Make sure you type your cmd session the git-cmd.bat which comes with every Git For Windows msysgit release.
That will set your HOME to %USERPROFILE%, which should be C:\Users\Username.
But make sure you didn't have an environment variable HOME already defined with an incorrect value: unset it if that is the case.
Open Git Bash console.
Perform the command below to enable read and write;
chmod 776 your local path here/known_hosts
More details here
I have a seen a lot of posts related to the error I am getting but can't find anything that seems like a potential fix I would like to try without getting feedback from some people who know better.
The Setup: I recently built a Windows 7 PC and installed Apache, PHP and MySQL. Everything is working great with my setup and I opened the server up to other devices on the LAN. When I go to a browser and navigate to IPADDRESS:PORT (Installed Apache to listen on a custom port to avoid potential conflicts (Skype, future IIS install?, etc) I get my htdocs index.php page. Great so far.
The last thing I wanted to do was setup Git so that I can do work for my server on my Macbook Pro and push changes to the server. To get this up and running I installed msysgit on my server and was able to create a Git repository for a Media directory I created at the root of my server. When I open this directory up in Explorer I can see the .git directory. The next thing I did was install OpenSSH on the server and I got that up and running. I also changed the default home directory of an SSH connection to the htdocs folder of my Apache server.
Now when I move over to my Macbook pro to test the setup and I am getting problems.
SSH seems to be functioning as expected. When I am on my laptop and run ssh USERNAME#IPADDRESS I get the message to enter my password, I enter my login password and awesome I am in the shell of my server at the htdocs directory.
Git does not seem to be functioning as easily though. I have Git on my Macbook Pro and was able to create a repository in a local directory no problem. When I navigate to a new directory in Terminal that I would like to work with the Media folder project I created on the server and run the following Git commands:
git clone USERNAME#IPADDRESS:/Media
git clone USERNAME#IPADDRESS:\Media
git clone USERNAME#IPADDRESS:/Media.git
git clone USERNAME#IPADDRESS:/Media/.git
etc
(Not sure what exact command I'm supposed to be running. Do I need .git at the end of this command? I see a hidden .git directory in the Media directory but I don't see a Media.git file.)
I get the following error:
Received disconnect from IPADDRESS: 2: fork failed: Resource temporarily unavailable
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
Based on my searching I can't tell if this error is coming from my client (Macbook Pro) or server. I read that it could be a threading limit set on my Macbook so I entered the following commands and upped my maxprocperuid:
sudo sysctl -a|grep maxprocperuid (which outputted 709)
sudo sysctl -w kern.maxprocperuid=3000 (upped it to ridiculous number to see if it was the problem)
But I am still getting the error when trying to clone the repository.
If you've gotten to the end of this thanks, just trying to provide as much info as possible and any help would really be appreciated.
Thanks.
Try uninstalling OpenSSH and then installing WinSSHD again. Check out this link which suggests the same.
Also, this question might be of some help to you while you are at it.
Git doesn't use ssh by default so you have to specify it when cloning
git clone ssh://[username]#[ip-address]:[port][/path/to/repo]
There are many fine instructions about how to work with git under windows using GitBash.
I note that when git is installed, it offers the option of "set up for using git from the windows prompt", which puts git on the windows path.
Is there some way to set this up so that ssh authentication works?
At the moment I get "permission denied (publickey)" when I try to do git commands that access the remote.
(edit) I have set %HOME% to point to my Windows home directory, and there is a .ssh folder in there with id files that work under a gitbash shell.
I appreciate that the answer is likely "no, this is why GitBash exists". But - it would be good to know for sure.
If the answer is "no" it kinda makes you wonder why you would bother putting git on your windows path?
ssh access works fine from a regular DOS session.
You only need to define C:\Users\YourAccount\.ssh and add your id_rsa and id_rsa.pub there.
Launch your git session through git-cmd.bat, which will define %HOME% to your C:\Users\YourAccount: that is what will make ssh work.
This should put your msysgit/bin installation in your PATH.
I really recommend not installing through a msi (Microsoft Installer), but through a simple unzip of an archive (portable version "PortableGit-x.y.z-preview201ymmdd.7z")
And the OP GreenAsJade's comment points out the fact that GIT_SSH must point to plink.exe.
Well, maybe I have a process that seems to work.
If you use a passphrase during the generation of the keys, you'll have to type this passphrase after loading an ssh-agent and add the key to the agent.
Basically, the solution is: follow the instructions on this page:
https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucket/set-up-ssh-for-git-728138079.html
BUT, during the generation of the keys DO NOT TYPE A PASSPHRASE.
Obviously, it's 'weaker' from a security point of view.
But, the .bashrc script will work as expected (loading the identity on git bash startup).
You can use then the "start-ssh-agent.cmd" script located on Git\cmd folder. It will open a Dos Prompt with the identity loaded and everything will work!
I am really enjoying my time with git.
I'm operating on 2 machines with what I thought were pretty similar setups
On my Laptop
When I type "Git help SomeCommand" from the CLI, my laptop launches the html help in my browser and I am free to read up on whatever help element I asked about.
On my Desktop
The CLI responds as if is is going to do the same, but no browser is switched to and no help is launched
What can I do to get my help back on my desktop?
Note: I'm running the bash shell through console2, but this problem appears to affect the default bash shell run via the context menu in explorer just as much.
I just recently had the same problem, browser wouldn't launch.
I'm running Git 1.9.2.msysgit.0 on Windows 8.1. Default browser - Chrome.
None of the solutions above worked for me. But I simply went to the html file in the explorer, and double-clicked it. Windows then asked me what app to use to open it, and I chose chrome.
Now usual git commands work and open the help html files in Chrome.
As mentioned in the msysgit bug report 445:
Git has it's own tool called "git web--browse" that invokes the web-browser.
Set the environment GIT_TRACE to 1 to see what processes are started, and with what
command-lines.
So that can help debugging the issue.
A temporary workaround (which might not be effective in your case) was:
As temporary workaround one can rename all git-<command>.html to git<command>.html in his <Git>\doc\git\html directory.
The git <cmd> --help suggested by Andy seems to have helped though, and must have "reset" something.
You can configure a web browser to be used to open Git's help files independently of the system's default program assigned to open .html files.
To check if it's set and to what value, simply run:
git config web.browser
To set it globally for all repositories, for example to chrome, run:
git config --global web.browser chrome
You can also set it per-repository, in that case run it inside a repository and without the --global parameter:
git config web.browser chrome
It works automatically if the specified browser's executable is in PATH. If it's not, you may set it manually:
git config browser.<name>.path <path-to-browser-executable>
...so for Chrome browser, it may look like the following:
git config browser.chrome.path "c:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
See the documentation for details.
It seems that this bug went away when I upgraded to the latest version of msysgit (1.7.6 from 1.7.3)
I have this problem currently, and the git <cmd> --help technique doesn't fix it.
I have however found that doing
git help -w <cmd>
Will actually open the help file in the browser, so this is a useful workaround.
I had the same problem (browser wouldn't open), then I realized it's probably because our laptops at work are "least privileged access", meaning we're logged into our Windows systems as standard users. But for development work, including the command window I'm doing git commands from, I'm running as a different user who has local admin privileges. So it actually was opening the Chrome browser, just not in my "logged in" desktop session where I could see it.
To work around this, I ran another copy of Chrome as that user (by Shift-Right clicking on Chrome.exe and running it as the same privileged user that my command prompt is running as). Once that instance of Chrome was running on my desktop, I returned to the command prompt and re-ran the "git help " and it properly launched a new tab in that instance of the browser that was running as the same user my command prompt was.
Stab in the dark: I've always done git <cmd> --help. Does that work?
edit: For future reference. This appears to be what fixed the OP's problem. Running git <cmd> --help seemed to have cleared out something so that it works as specified now. If only I knew the how/why of it...
This set up is current, working and the convention.
It's most likely because you are using the default Git that comes with MacOS called Apple Git which is outdated.
run git --version and check against the Git website.
Install Git using brew install git.
To make sure Homebrew installs take precedence over MacOS installs add the usr/local/bin path to your .zshrc or .bash_profile. export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH. (*Btw, you should use this path also for using Python 3 instead of MacOS Python 2.7 and many other applications).
To make sure all of this is activated do source ~/.zshrc or source ~/.bash_profile. Or simply restart Terminal.
Test it. git help -w commit. A browser window will open.