hit send too quickly, here's my version information: $ git --version git version 2.22.0.windows.1 On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 9:38 AM Anthony Sottile <asottile@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I've set up a demo problematic repository on github: > https://github.com/asottile-archive/git-windows-branch-test > > The minimal reproduction is: > > rm -rf x > git init x > cd x > git remote add origin https://github.com/asottile-archive/git-windows-branch-te> > git fetch origin --tags > > Here's the output: > > + git init x > Initialized empty Git repository in C:/Users/IEUser/x/x/.git/ > + cd x > + git remote add origin > https://github.com/asottile-archive/git-windows-branch-test > + git fetch origin --tags > remote: Enumerating objects: 10, done. > remote: Counting objects: 100% (10/10), done. > remote: Compressing objects: 100% (4/4), done. > remote: Total 10 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 0 > Unpacking objects: 100% (10/10), done. > From https://github.com/asottile-archive/git-windows-branch-test > * [new branch] master -> origin/master > error: cannot lock ref 'refs/remotes/origin/pr/aux': Unable to create > 'C:/Users/IEUser/x/x/.git/refs/remotes/origin/pr/aux.lock': No such > file or directory > ! [new branch] pr/aux -> origin/pr/aux (unable to update local ref) > > > real-world issue: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit/issues/1058 > > Thanks > > Anthony
