A directory exists at the same location when creating repository
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Symptoms
Creating a repository fails with an error that a directory exists at the same location and the following appears in the atlassian-bitbucket-YYYY-MM-DD.log:
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2014-09-18 23:16:27,865 DEBUG [http-bio-7990-exec-169] user @1WE6GQ3x1396x14813x0 76eaji 10.10.255.179,127.0.0.1 "POST /projects/PROJ/repos HTTP/1.1" c.a.s.i.w.a.RepositoryAdminController Exception occurred
com.atlassian.bitbucket.repository.IllegalRepositoryStateException: Cannot create repository platform-core at /var/atlassian/application-data/bitbucket/shared/data/repositories/15; a directory exists at the same locationCause
The sequence number used for the next repository ID has become out of sync between the database and file system.
Resolution
Shutdown Bitbucket Server
Execute the following SQL against your Bitbucket Server database
1 2 3UPDATE id_sequence SET next_val = (select max(id) from repository) + 20 WHERE sequence_name = 'repository';Start Bitbucket Server
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