Create a fork in a repository or merge branches yields git error code 128
Symptoms
When forking a repository, a message similar to that is displayed:
An error occurred while executing an external process: '/usr/bin/git clone --bare --shared /home/bitbucket/data/data/repositories/8 /home/bitbucket/data/data/repositories/22' exited with code 128 saying: fatal: Could not get current working directory: No such file or directoryWhen merging a Pull Request, a message similar to that is displayed:
Caused by: com.atlassian.bitbucket.exception.ServerException: An error occurred while executing an external process: '/usr/bin/git clone --no-checkout --shared -b master /var/lib/bitbucket/data/repositories/156 /var/lib/bitbucket/tmp/git/jamf_standard_library-merge2972724898070904938.git' exited with code 128 saying: fatal: Could not change back to '/root': Permission deniedCause
Bitbucket Server has been started from a path that it doesn't have access anymore or does not exist. You can find the PWD tag of the following part of the application.xml (after you generate the Support Zip):
<PWD>/root</PWD>
<HOME>/home/bitbucket</HOME>Resolution
Please start Bitbucket Server from its home directory.
Last modified on Sep 16, 2015
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