Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > On Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 08:45:48PM +0100, Ramsay Jones wrote: > >> error: could not link file '.git/ref_migration.sr9pEF/reftable' to '.git/reftable': Permission denied >> migrated refs can be found at '.git/ref_migration.sr9pEF' >> [...] >> Now try to finish the migration by hand: >> >> $ mv .git/ref_migration.sr9pEF/reftable .git/reftable >> >> Hmm, note no error; of course, the mv command may well do much more than >> the rename() library function, so they are not necessarily equivalent. > > This is a shot in the dark, but: could the problem be an open file that > cannot be moved? If I run a "ref migrate" on my Linux system in the > debugger and stop at move_files(), checking /proc/<pid>/fd shows an open > descriptor for .git/ref_migration.WnJ8TS/reftable/tables.list. Hmph, I wonder ifthat means the same test should be failing on Windows, too?
