From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 20:16:18 GMT
Subject: Re: fatal: unable to create '.git/index': File exists
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0701052115161.22628@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <200701051150.09968.lenb@kernel.org>

Hi,

On Fri, 5 Jan 2007, Len Brown wrote:

> 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