On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 10:01 AM Eric Sunshine <sunsh...@sunshineco.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 12:39 PM Anthony Sottile <asott...@umich.edu> wrote: > > + git fetch origin --tags > > Unpacking objects: 100% (10/10), done. > > From https://github.com/asottile-archive/git-windows-branch-test > > * [new branch] master -> origin/master > > error: cannot lock ref 'refs/remotes/origin/pr/aux': Unable to create > > 'C:/Users/IEUser/x/x/.git/refs/remotes/origin/pr/aux.lock': No such > > file or directory > > ! [new branch] pr/aux -> origin/pr/aux (unable to update local > > ref) > > AUX is a reserved[1] filename on Windows. Quoting from that source: > > Do not use the following reserved names for the name of a file: > CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, > COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and > LPT9. Also avoid these names followed immediately by an > extension... > > The default Git "ref store" is filesystem-based, so a branch named > "aux" is problematic. Other ref store implementations would not be > subject to this limitation (though I'm not sure what the state of the > others is -- someone with more knowledge can probably answer that). > > [1]: > https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/FileIO/naming-a-file#naming-conventions
Oh of course, totally forgot about the special files on windows. Thanks for the quick response and helpful link! Anthony
