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

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jan 5, 2007, 20:16 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.63.0701052115161.22628@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
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<200701051150.09968.lenb@kernel.org>
Hi,
On Fri, 5 Jan 2007, 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
This usually means that .git/index.lock exists. Try removing that file.

However, it _should_ be removed by the atexit() handler, methinks. I have no idea why it does not.

Ciao, Dscho

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  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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