From: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@imag.fr>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 14:00:19 GMT
Subject: Re: Error during git gc
Message-ID: <vpqeiua8x3g.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>
In-Reply-To: <APEJLFBGDNOMCHGLHIHFEEKPDEAA.dforman@dairyfoodusa.com>

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"David Forman" <dforman@dairyfoodusa.com> writes:

> I've encountered the following whenever I access Git and try to compress the
> database due to loose objects.
>
> error: cannot lock ref 'HEAD~'
> error: cannot lock ref 'refs/heads/collections~'
> error: cannot lock ref 'refs/heads/master~'

I'd say you've edited the files .git/HEAD, refs/heads/collections, ...
manually with a text editor that leaves ~ backup files. Unless you
_really_ have branches called collections~ and master~, you can move
these three files (in a temporary folder, or to trash if you're
confident enough).

-- 
Matthieu