Re: [PATCH/RFC] More friendly message when locking the index fails.

From: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 4, 2009, 11:50 UTC
Message-ID: <bd6139dc0902040350n3af5d37ctc6976fd77671fb82@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1233741505-24020-1-git-send-email-Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 10:58, Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> wrote:

> +                                   "This probably means a git process crashed in this repository earlier.\n"
> +                                   "Make sure no other git process is running and remove the file manually.",
> +                                   get_index_file(), strerror(lock_error));

How about "If no other git process is currently running, this probably means...." instead? E.g., sometimes I run 'git commit' in one terminal window, and then switch to another before committing (to review the diff for example), which would cause an index.lock file to be present validly.

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Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier