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Git problem: error: unable to create temporary sha1 filename

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15 October 2009
Tagged git, prune, repack, fsck

I got git problem: error: unable to create temporary sha1 filename when pushing to a remote repository. The fix is rather easy. On both your local and remote repositories perform the following magic:

git fsck
git prune
git repack
git fsck

The last fsck should not report any problems.