From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 18:49:12 GMT
Subject: Re: Problem with rerere forget
Message-ID: <xmqq7fsbkn9z.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAPt1q6fMMz61aZEJB9b+K6+kHFwkm+bMYXoKBj78GNJU+dWioA@mail.gmail.com>

Alex Coppens <alex@nativetouch.com> writes:

> git rerere forget path_to_file/file.js
>
> fatal: BUG: attempt to commit unlocked object

That comes from commit_lock_file(); I think rerere.c:write_rr()
has a call to that function and I suspect that is the call that is
giving the above message.

Is there any other process that is mucking with your .git/index file
while you are running the command?