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date = "2009-10-15"
title = "Git problem: error: unable to create temporary sha1 filename"
tags = ["git", "prune", "repack", "fsck"]
slug = "git-problem-error-unable-to-create-temporary-sha1-filename"
+++
I got <code>git problem: error: unable to create temporary sha1 filename</code> when pushing to a remote repository. The fix is rather easy.

On both your local and remote repositories perform the following magic:

``` shell
git fsck
git prune
git repack
git fsck
```

The last fsck should not report any problems.