org.eclipse.jgit.util.FS fatal: Could not switch to <git installation>/git/etc/ No such file or directory
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Problem
Following entries constantly repeat in Bitbucket server logs
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org.eclipse.jgit.util.FS fatal: Could not switch to '<git>/etc/' No such file or directoryor
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org.eclipse.jgit.util.FS Exception caught during execution of command '[git, config, --system, --edit]' in '/usr/local/bin', return code '128', error message 'fatal: Could not switch to '<git>/etc/': No such file or directoryCause
This is related to an issue that happens with JGit when git is compiled from source and appears in RedHat flavors of Linux.
You can read more on it at :https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=476639
Resolution
Create the missing directory reported in log e.g. /usr/local/git/etc/
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