Git Push error : Unable to create temporary object directory

what's that for? Push code from VsCode to the server :

fatal: sha1 file '<stdout>' write error: Broken pipe
error: remote unpack failed: unable to create temporary object directory to /var/www/staging.site.com/staging.git
! [remote rejected] master -> master (unpacker error)
error: failed to push some refs to 'sitehost:/var/www/site.com/staging.git'

i change it too, for ubuntu user: sudo chown ubuntu /var/www/staging.site.com/staging.git

Yamis1745

4 years ago

Level 1

@roygoode this error usually occurs in git when you are trying to execute a git push using a user with ownership permissions which are different to the read write permissions on the remote / destination repo. One of the most common reasons this occurs is when you create the repository locally using sudo or root privileges.

A common solution to this would be to change git user and git group permissions on the repo like this whilst in root:

# chown -R git:git 'sitehost:/var/www/site.com/staging.git'

Then retry the git push.

Hope that helps.

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RoyGoode

4 years ago

Level 1

@Yamis1745 Thank you, Can you check this : https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/general-discussion/how-to-push-codes-from-vscode-to-server-using-ssh-privatekey. this is my main setting on the server, and please let me know more about these permissions.Now i can to connect but this time i have this error.

RoyGoode

4 years ago

Level 1

@Yamis1745

ls -l '/var/www/mySite'
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 2 ubuntu ubuntu  4096 Sep 15 01:05 public
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ubuntu ubuntu 11925 Sep 15 13:08 worker.log

/// and git hook is ROOT!! that i set post-receive in hooks dir.
ls -l '/var/repo/site.git'
total 32
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   23 Sep 11 16:40 HEAD
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 11 16:40 branches
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   66 Sep 11 16:40 config
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   73 Sep 11 16:40 description
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 14 00:15 hooks
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 11 16:40 info
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Sep 11 16:40 objects
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Sep 11 16:40 refs

in VsCode i use ubuntu for git remote : git remote add production ubuntu@myhost:/var/repo/site.git So what can i do?

Yamis1745

4 years ago

Level 1

@RoyGoode you need to change the permissions in this directory to use your ubuntu:ubuntu permissions: Run this command on this directory recursively:

$ chown -R git:git yourDirectory

This should change this:

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   23 Sep 11 16:40 HEAD
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 11 16:40 branches
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   66 Sep 11 16:40 config
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   73 Sep 11 16:40 description
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 14 00:15 hooks
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 11 16:40 info
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Sep 11 16:40 objects
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Sep 11 16:40 refs

To:

-rw-r--r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu   23 Sep 11 16:40 HEAD
drwxr-xr-x 2 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 Sep 11 16:40 branches
-rw-r--r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 66 Sep 11 16:40 config
-rw-r--r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 73 Sep 11 16:40 description
drwxr-xr-x 2 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 Sep 14 00:15 hooks
drwxr-xr-x 2 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 Sep 11 16:40 info
drwxr-xr-x 4 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 Sep 11 16:40 objects
drwxr-xr-x 4 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 Sep 11 16:40 refs

Now retry your git push. If your SSH keys are correctly configured, then all should be good.

Hope that helps.

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