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

From
LBLen Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
Date
Jan 6, 2007, 03:01 UTC
Message-ID
<200701052201.39727.lenb@kernel.org>
In-Reply-To
<200701051150.09968.lenb@kernel.org>
On Friday 05 January 2007 11:50, Len Brown wrote:
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> 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.

rm .git/index.lock seemed to do the trick. Hopefully nothing is toasted by this...

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Message 5 of 5 in “fatal: unable to create '.git/index': File exists”
  1. Len BrownJan 5, 2007
  2. ManuJan 5, 2007
  3. Johannes SchindelinJan 5, 2007
  4. Fredrik KuivinenJan 6, 2007
  5. Len BrownJan 6, 2007

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