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    <p>I have been having trouble with this error message and I don't understand the proper solution to fix it or go about debugging it. I have googled the error in various forms but no real solution has presented itself. I am assuming it's an issue with permissions but I don't really know how to check or what I should check for.</p> <p>I have a server running Ubuntu 11.10 and I'm basically trying to make the initial commit to my git repo from my development machine. I'm running as root. Should I be running as the user?</p> <p><strong>Repo creation on server:</strong></p> <pre><code>$ cd /home/username/git $ mkdir myrepo.git $ cd myrepo.git/ $ git --bare init </code></pre> <p><strong>Repo creation on development machine:</strong></p> <pre><code>Goto rails project directory first $ git init $ git add . $ git commit -m "initial commit" $ bundle pack $ git add Gemfile.lock vendor/cache $ git commit -m "bundle gems" $ git remote add origin ssh://username@server.com/home/username/git/myrepo.git $ git push origin master </code></pre> <p><strong>Error:</strong></p> <pre><code>fatal: Unable to create temporary file '/home/username/git/myrepo.git/./objects/pack/tmp_pack_XXXXXX': Permission denied error: pack-objects died of signal 13 error: failed to push some refs to 'ssh://username@server.com/home/username/git/myrepo.git' </code></pre> <p><strong>My .git/config file:</strong></p> <pre><code>[core] repositoryformatversion = 0 filemode = true bare = false logallrefupdates = true ignorecase = true [remote "origin"] url = ssh://username@server.com/home/username/git/myrepo.git fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* </code></pre> <p>Similar question: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2337281/how-do-i-do-an-initial-push-to-a-remote-repository-with-git?rq=1">How do I do an initial push to a remote repository with Git?</a></p>
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