Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Arnout Engelen wrote: >> On Sat, Oct 09, 2010 at 09:41:24PM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > >>> fatal: Unable to create temporary file '.merge_file_Sc7R5c': File exists >>> fatal: Unable to create temporary file 'newrepo/.git/tOWHcxk': No space left on device >> >> Perhaps we should also log the current working directory when the temporary >> filename is relative? > > Let's step back for a moment. Was there an example that prompted > this patch? Were you aware of where git would be trying to create > files in that example? (I'm genuinely curious.) > > Converting the filename to an absolute path with make_absolute_path > might be useful, but I am not entirely sure it is worth the > complication. For that matter, I am not sure if it is worth the strdup "just in case it fails" either. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html