Git Push Error: insufficient permission for adding

Question

When I try to push to a shared git remote, I get the following error: insufficient permission for adding an object to repository database

Then I read about a fix here: Fix This worked for the next push, since all of the files were of the correct group, but the next time someone pushed up a change it made a new item in the objects folder that had their default group as the group. The only thing I can think of is to change all of the developer's default group for items they check in, but that seems like a hack. Any ideas? Thanks.

Answer 1

This can easily happen if you ran git init with a different user from the one you are planning to use when pushing changes.

If you blindly follow the instructions on [1] this will happen as you probably created the git-user as root and then immediately moved on to git init without changing user in between.

[1] http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-on-the-Server-Setting-Up-the-Server

Answer 2

There is a possibility also that you added another local repository with the same alias. As an example, you now have 2 local folders referred to as origin so when you try to push, the remote repository will not accept you credentials.

Rename the local repository aliases, you can follow this link https://stackoverflow.com/a/26651835/2270348

Maybe you can leave 1 local repository of your liking as origin and the others rename them for example from origin to anotherorigin. Remember these are just aliases and all you need to do is remember the new aliases and their respective remote branches.

Answer 3

You may have accidentally nested git repositories