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Re: Bug: fatal: Unable to create '.../.git/index.lock': File exists.

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Apr 29, 2019, 21:10 UTC
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Hi Aleksey,
On Mon, 29 Apr 2019, Aleksey Midenkov wrote:
> git rebase -p -x /tmp/check.sh base
> ```
> If the `base` is far away enough it fails with "fatal: Unable to
> create '.../.git/index.lock': File exists." at an arbitrary commit.

Does it work if you pass `-r` instead of `-p`? The latter will be deprecated in favor of the former in the upcoming Git v2.22.

Ciao, Johannes

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  1. Aleksey MidenkovApr 29, 2019
  2. Duy NguyenApr 29, 2019
  3. Aleksey MidenkovApr 30, 2019
  4. Jeff KingApr 30, 2019
  5. Aleksey MidenkovMay 1, 2019
  6. Jeff KingMay 1, 2019
  7. Aleksey MidenkovMay 2, 2019
  8. Jeff KingMay 2, 2019
  9. Duy NguyenMay 2, 2019
  10. Jeff KingMay 2, 2019
  11. Duy NguyenMay 2, 2019
  12. Johannes SchindelinMay 3, 2019
  13. Duy NguyenMay 3, 2019
  14. Duy NguyenMay 3, 2019
  15. Johannes SchindelinApr 29, 2019

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