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Web merge request fails if target branch name == directory/file in repository

Created by: kndonlee

Error Summary

Once a merge request has been placed to merge branch X into master, pressing the "Accept Merge Request" appears to works for a moment and throws the user back to the same page with the "Accept Merge Request" button lightly greened out and unclickable.

Error Message

The githost.log shows the following error:

August 29, 2013 20:28 -> ERROR -> Command failed [1]: /usr/bin/git --git-dir=/data/git/gitlab-satellites/inits/carnfx/.git push origin master

error: src refspec master does not match any.

error: failed to push some refs to '/data/git/repositories/inits/carnfx.git'

Other information

  • running gitlab 6.0
  • merge requests from branches other than master e.g. branch X to branch Y work as expected.
  • merge requests from master to other branches also work as expected.
  • due to partition space limitations, /home/git was moved to /data/git (all other functionality works as expected, but not sure if this may be a contributor to this problem)
  • sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:check RAILS_ENV=production returns cleanly