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favorite 2 I am unable to commit changes in my project when using git. Here is my terminal: tomas@tomas-laptop:~/menu_operations$ git commit -m "initial commit" error: Unable to append to .git/logs/refs/heads/7.x-1.x: Permission denied fatal: cannot update HEAD ref menu_operations is the name of my project. I don't know what permission I have to allow. Can anybody help? git permissions github share|improve this question edited Jul 14 '11 at 13:37 CharlesB 42.3k11117136 couldn t set refs heads master asked Jul 14 '11 at 11:14 tomas.teicher 3612718 add a comment| 5 Answers 5 active oldest votes up vote 32 down vote accepted Check the user and permission on .git/logs/refs/heads/, maybe you ran something as root. Explanation: when you run some git commands as root (sudo?) any new files/directories created will be owned by root, and by default[1] other users won't have write permission on these files/directories. When you, later, work with that repository, things may appear to work, until the time that you need to write to a file that was in fact created by root, i.e. owned by root. This should fix it, at least on linux: sudo chown -Rc $UID .git/ It will also show you any files that it changed owners for. [1]in a sane setup, at least share|improve this answer answered Jul 14 '11 at 13:50 sehe 207k24257351 thank you both. You were right. The command sudo chown did help and now it is ok. Tomas Teicher –tomas.teicher Jul 14 '11 at 15:00 3 For Mac users: sudo chown -R $UID .git/. –manakor Apr 30 '14 at 7:58 @manakor but then it doesn't "also show you any files that it changed owners for", of course. You could probabl
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posting ads with us Stack Overflow Questions Jobs Documentation Tags Users Badges Ask Question x Dismiss Join the Stack Overflow git there are still logs under Community Stack Overflow is a community of 4.7 million programmers, just like you, helping each other. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up “unable to append to .git/logs/refs/heads/master” when commiting up http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6692292/git-commit-problem-unable-to-append-to-git vote 0 down vote favorite I've been having some strange errors lately. I have a working install of Git, but this is my shell output when committing changes: $ git commit -m 'Removing crap' error: unable to append to .git/logs/refs/heads/master fatal: cannot update HEAD ref git share|improve this question edited May 15 '13 at 8:21 pmr 39.6k463116 asked Apr 7 '12 at 20:36 bladezzz 11314 What http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10058155/unable-to-append-to-git-logs-refs-heads-master-when-commiting does git fsck show you? –Greg Hewgill Apr 7 '12 at 20:38 dangling commit 89e268b736b233ac1c7778b20f0541932c387096 dangling commit ee24220d0b6fbc31a9e07a58993b8f2360afa216 dangling commit ff24fe8f928b7c5dc41376c8fc5ec8cdcf7cbd20 dangling commit af36717779105b7994e544766d4a6e85ebbf8e27 dangling commit f737506211dd995e50df0a10d189beca44a7c385 –bladezzz Apr 7 '12 at 20:41 So, no major errors then? That means it's probably not a repository integrity problem. –Greg Hewgill Apr 7 '12 at 20:42 So, do you have any idea what's causing it? –bladezzz Apr 7 '12 at 21:03 I'm afraid not, sorry. You might try using strace to see if you can identify the failing system call. –Greg Hewgill Apr 7 '12 at 23:46 add a comment| 2 Answers 2 active oldest votes up vote 1 down vote accepted Check the user and permission on .git/logs/refs/heads/master This should might fix it it, at least on a unix machine: sudo chown -Rc $UID .git/ share|improve this answer answered Apr 7 '12 at 20:40 Billjk 2,083123257 I'm pretty sure I have read+write permissions. I opened it in pico, and I was able to write text to it. –bladezzz Apr 7 '12 at 20:54 chmod -R u+x .git worked for me in a similar case –Christopher Bottoms May 7 '1
Start here for a quick overview of the site Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have Meta Discuss the workings and policies of this site About Us Learn more about Stack Overflow the company http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/150271/how-to-repair-homebrew-permissions-after-installing-as-root Business Learn more about hiring developers or posting ads with us Ask Different Questions Tags Users Badges Unanswered Ask Question _ Ask Different is a question and answer site for power users of Apple hardware and software. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top How to repair Homebrew permissions after unable to installing as root? up vote 8 down vote favorite 3 I run brew as root, now it's defunct. No updates anymore. How to fix? $ brew update && brew upgrade error: Unable to append to .git/logs/HEAD: Permission denied error: Unable to append to .git/logs/refs/remotes/origin/master: Permission denied Error: Failed to update tap: caskroom/cask $ brew doctor Please note that these warnings are just used to help the Homebrew maintainers with debugging if you file an issue. unable to append If everything you use Homebrew for is working fine: please don't worry and just ignore them. Thanks! Warning: Your XQuartz (2.7.4) is outdated Please install XQuartz 2.7.7: https://xquartz.macosforge.org osx command-line homebrew share|improve this question edited Oct 12 '14 at 14:27 grgarside 74.5k14114168 asked Oct 12 '14 at 11:45 Fyodor Glebov 5412818 Running brew as root is just asking for trouble. Don't do it! –uwotm8 Oct 12 '14 at 16:16 add a comment| 1 Answer 1 active oldest votes up vote 17 down vote accepted Reset the permissions of /usr/local and Homebrew's caches to the current user: sudo chown -R $USER:admin /usr/local /Library/Caches/Homebrew share|improve this answer edited Oct 12 '14 at 14:31 answered Oct 12 '14 at 14:26 grgarside 74.5k14114168 1 You may also want ~/Library/Logs/Homebrew –Sam Brightman Dec 10 '14 at 15:11 add a comment| Your Answer draft saved draft discarded Sign up or log in Sign up using Google Sign up using Facebook Sign up using Email and Password Post as a guest Name Email Post as a guest Name Email discard By posting your answer, you agree to the privacy policy and terms of service. Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged osx command-line homebrew or ask your own question. asked 2 years ago viewed 6737 times active 2 years ago Related 9How to r