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fatal: unable to create '.git/index': File exists

From
LBLen Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
Date
Jan 5, 2007, 16:50 UTC
Message-ID
<200701051150.09968.lenb@kernel.org>

I kicked off a pull. Realized I was on the wrong branch and immediately did a ^C

Now I can't change branches:

# git checkout release fatal: unable to create '.git/index': File exists fatal: unable to create '.git/index': File exists

git reset --hard does not help.

curiously, moving .git/index to /tmp and repeating results in the same error.

clues?

thanks, -Len

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