git versioning file share

Question

I am trying to have (git) versioning on a fileshare , but when running git init or git clone I get:

error: chmod on /[my folder]/.git/config.lock failed: Operation not permitted

is there a workaround ? or we have to use blobs versioning ?

thanks

You have permissions to write stuff in that directory? – eftshift0 Jul 04 '23 at 09:48 — eftshift0, Jul 04 '23 at 09:48
yes, I do have -- the problem is answer below actually – jjrr Jul 04 '23 at 12:45 — jjrr, Jul 04 '23 at 12:45

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 04 '23 at 12:42

Basically git tries to do a chmod after it created the files and on filesystems where that is not allowed git fails.

The workaround is to create the repository on a different filesystem and move the files over after they have been created.

Sadly even the latest version of git seems to miss a command line option to disable that call to chmod.

yes, this is the issue, thanks -- the partition has type cifs — jjrr, Jul 04 '23 at 12:45

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 04 '23 at 11:23

error: chmod on /[my folder]/.git/config.lock failed: Operation not permitted

There are limitations on certain Git operations because they require file system-level permissions that may not be available.

I also tried to execute the same commands in my VM but faced the same issue, just like you.

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In order to resolve the issue, try to run the same command with sudo or run the same commands from the root user

  sudo git init
  sudo git clone

Result:

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When I try to run it from the root user, it's working fine.

Note: If you create a user locally, try to add the same user to the sudo group for executing the git commands.

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