On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 12:28:58AM +0200, Thomas Schweikle wrote: > $ git clone > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git > linux-stable > Cloning into 'linux-stable'... > remote: Counting objects: 5932092, done. > remote: Compressing objects: 100% (154131/154131), done. > fatal: Unable to create temporary file > '$HOME/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/pack/tmp_pack_XXXXXX': Permission > denied > fatal: index-pack failed > > Since no file/directory created by git I cant tell why git isn't > able to create > "$HOME/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/pack/tmp_pack_XXXXXX". > > If I try to create this file and directory I can create it: > $ mkdir -p $HOME/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/pack > $ touch $HOME/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/pack/tmp_pack_XXXXXX > $ ll $HOME/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/pack/tmp_pack_XXXXXX > -rw-rw-r-x+ 1 tps tps 0 May 15 00:18 > /home/tps/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/pack/tmp_pack_XXXXXX > $ > > $ git --version > git version 2.11.0 > > -- > Thomas Note the '+' at the end of the permission list. This means an acl has been applied to this directory. What does getfacl '$HOME/Dev/linux-stable/.git/objects/pack/' return?