git rebase: “error: cannot stat 'file': Permission denied”

Question

I\'m using git, and made a small commit followed by a large one. I decided to use git rebase to squash the two commits together before pushing them. (I\'ve ne

Answer 1

I just stumbled upon this thread of answers - this error is such a Bogus error.# error: cannot stat 'reddit/app/views/links': Permission denied

That's all I got - when trying to merge. I read a few of the answers and then came to the realization - all I had to do was close my code editor which happens to be Atom.

Once closing the editor - I ran "git merge" again and boom , it worked.

What a pointless error:(