Git initialization error: unable to create directory for .git / HEAD [inside htdocs /]

Question

when I try to create a repo inside the htdocs folder of my Apache installation (using Zend Server CE), git gives me this error:

$ git init error: unable to create directory for e:/WORK/Zend/Apache2/htdocs/gittest2/.git/HEAD 

It works fine outside of htdocs /, but I would like to have repositories inside this directory in order to work with them at the same time.

I used git bash with administrator rights and AFAIR, there is nothing else that could be wrong with respect to privileges on Win machines.

Any help would be appreciated!

Using:

• Win7 x64

• git installed from msysGit -> Git -1.6.5.1-preview20091022.exe

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[update]

• as VonC suggested this might be a bug in this version of msysGit

Bypass

Use TortoiseGit to create a repo in a directory that causes problems. A good chance that he will be successful.

Sometimes the git GUI (from msysgit) successfully creates a "problem" repo (it worked on my last repo in this folder, not this one).

Answer 1

This may be due to an error with Git1.6.5.1 at 64 bit: this is a Japanese tweet mentioned

msysgit 1.6.5.1 だ と "error: unable to create directory for [project] /. git / HEAD." と か 言 っ て リ ポ ジ っ た. 散 々 悩 ん だ 後, 1.6.3.2 に バ ー ジ ョ ン 下 げ た ら あ っ さ り 成功

Which Google ruffly translates to:

it msysgit 1.6.5.1 "error: cannot create directory for [project] /. git / HEAD." And they could not pull out the repository, including me.
After the devastating agony, version 1.6.3.2 下 Getara success is easy

So switching to 1.6.3.2 might be the answer here.
But I did not find an open error supporting this .

^{As the saying goes: な ん じ ゃ こ り ゃ. (WTF);)}

Also check (if you use TortoiseGit) to use the 64-bit version, not the 32-bit one.

Answer 2

Double-check the permissions on the htdocs and gittest2 / folders. Enable read and write permissions.

Answer 3

A few hours later (I thought I did it already!). I found out what my problem was: I read this stream and only a few other areas ... (User Access Control in Windows Visa 32-bit).

Hope this helps someone else ...

I had to disable UAC [uncheck]. And then reboot - I did a soft (exit) in my initial attempt.

Again, hope this helps.