Am 13.03.2017 um 13:23 schrieb Zenobiusz Kunegunda: > Tested on ZFS filesystem > > > > [test0@s0]:<~>$ mkdir '232222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222' > [test0@s0]:<~>$ cd 232222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222/ > [test0@s0]:<~/232222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222>$ git status > fatal: Unable to read current working directory: Permission denied > > [test0@s0]:<~/232222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222>$ git blahblahblah > fatal: Unable to read current working directory: Permission denied > > > But when I create directory with same name (232...) as it's subdirectory everything works as expected inside that subdirectory. Earlier I checked on UFS. Now I tried the above commands on ZFS, but they work as expected: $ git status fatal: Not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /src) Stopping at filesystem boundary (GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set). Git checks out if it's in a git repository and if the current working directory isn't one then it goes to the parent directories recursively until it finds the root of a repo or a file system boundary or / (root). You can see where your invocation goes to with: $ strace git status 2>&1 >/dev/null | grep chdir René