Git push error: Unable to unlink old (Permission denied)

Question

In the remote server I have a post-receive hook set up in order to make a git checkout of my repository:

#!/bin/sh
GIT_WORK_TREE=/var/www/ git         


        

Answer 1

sudo chmod -R ug+w .;

This command would fix the issue. It gives write permissions to the folder.

Answer 2

FWIW - I had a similar problem and I'm not sure if this alleviated it (beyond the permission mod): Closing Eclipse that was using the branch with this problem.

Answer 3

git reset --hard

Worked for me

Answer 4

When you have to unlink file, you have to have permission 'w' for directory, in which file is, not for the file...

Answer 5

Pulling may have created local change.

Add your untracked file:

git add .

Stash changes.

git stash

Drop local changes.

git stash drop

Pull with sudo permission

sudo git pull remote branch

Answer 6

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER .

Did the job for me.