On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 05:17:36PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > I recently discovered that "git fast-import" signals an error if used in > a tree to which we do not have write-access, because it tries to create > a "objects/pack/tmp_pack_XXX" file even before starting to process > the commands. > > Usually this is not a problem (we'll create new commits and such, so > write-access is indeed necessary), but in my case I was using > fast-import only for its "reading" operations (in order to combine > several inter-dependent "cat-file" operations into a single git > session).
The primary goal of fast-import is to write that packfile. It kind of sounds like you are using the wrong tool for the job. Can you elaborate on what you are sending to fast-import (preferably with a concrete example)? There may be a way to accomplish the same thing with read-only tools like cat-file. -Peff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
