[Windows] server-ensure-safe-dir: The directory `~/.emacs.d/server' is unsafe

[syl20bnr]

This error is triggers when c c in magit status buffer to make a commit.

[tarsius]

This function asserts that value of server-dir is a safe directory. The doc-string of the function documents what is not safe:

Make sure DIR is a directory with no race-condition issues.
Creates the directory if necessary and makes sure:
- there's no symlink involved
- it's owned by us
- it's not readable/writable by anybody else.

Magit does not change the value of this variable. I think that for most Windows users the default value for this variable happens to be a safe directory. From a quick look at the functions definition it seems this also depend on the filesystem the directory lives on. Your system differs and so you have to change the value of the variable to something else.

[tarsius]

Somehow @syl20bnr follow up to this ended up on the wrong issue.

Thank you @tarsius and sorry to post this here since it is not related whatsoever to magit. This is a known bug on Windows and there are several work arounds listed is SO here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/885793/emacs-error-when-calling-server-start

Once again thank you for your answer.

[syl20bnr]

wow, indeed I commented on 1585... well sorry about this.