Hi Lyle & Eric, On Thu, 5 Nov 2015, Eric Sunshine wrote: > On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 11:11 AM, Lyle Ziegelmiller <lyle_z@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > git push --set-upstream has some sort of race condition. Some times > > when I execute it, it works. Other times, it does not. Below is from > > my command window. I've executed the exact same command (using bash > > history re-execution, so I know I didn't make a typo), repeatedly. > > Notice the last execution results in an error. I am the only person on > > my machine. This is non-deterministic behavior. > > > > lylez@LJZ-DELLPC ~/gittest/local > > $ git push --set-upstream origin localbranch1 > > Branch localbranch1 set up to track remote branch localbranch1 from origin. > > Everything up-to-date > > > > lylez@LJZ-DELLPC ~/gittest/local > > $ git push --set-upstream origin localbranch1 > > Branch localbranch1 set up to track remote branch localbranch1 from origin. > > Everything up-to-date > > > > lylez@LJZ-DELLPC ~/gittest/local > > $ git push --set-upstream origin localbranch1 > > error: could not commit config file .git/config > > Branch localbranch1 set up to track remote branch localbranch1 from origin. > > Everything up-to-date > > > > I'm using Git in a Cygwin window on a 32-bit Windows 10 machine. Are you using Cygwin's own Git, or Git for Windows, or something else? > If I recall correctly, the typical culprit is a Windows virus scanner > (or even an indexer) locking the file, so git is unable to manipulate > it. In Git for Windows, we have code to work around this issue by detecting in-use files and waiting for a staggered amount of time to re-try: https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/blob/c6f19b078bf05643c4d50dd520280a80f19f0002/compat/mingw.c#L208-L231 This is used e.g. by our `rename()` wrapper: https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/blob/c6f19b078bf05643c4d50dd520280a80f19f0002/compat/mingw.c#L1859-L1904 Please note that this code is active in Git for Windows (i.e. the *MinGW* version of Git) but not in Cygwin Git (nor the MSys2 version of Git). Ciao, Dscho -- 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