Git Push Error: Insufficient Permission for Adding an Object to Repository Database
When I Try to Push to a Shared Git Remote, I Get the Following Error: Insufficient Permission for Adding an Object to Repository Database Then I Read About a...
When I try to push to a shared git remote, I get the following error:
insufficient permission for adding an object to repository database
Then I read about a fix here: Fix This worked for the next push, since all of the files were of the correct group, but the next time someone pushed up a change it made a new item in the objects folder that had their default group as the group. The only thing I can think of is to change all of the developer's default group for items they check in, but that seems like a hack. Any ideas? Thanks.
30 Answers
Repair Permissions
After you have identified and fixed the underlying cause (see below), you'll want to repair the permissions:
cd /path/to/repo/.git
sudo chgrp -R groupname .
sudo chmod -R g+rwX .
sudo find . -type d -exec chmod g+s '{}' +
Note if you want everyone to be able to modify the repository, you don't need the chgrp and you will want to change the chmod to sudo chmod -R a+rwX .
If you do not fix the underlying cause, the error will keep coming back and you'll have to keep re-running the above commands over and over again.
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