Unlink of file failed

Question

I\'m trying to do a git pull and I get the following error:

Unlink of file \'lib/xxx.jar\' failed. Should I try again? (y/n)

No

Answer 1

I have had this happen on Windows XP, both with the message stuck in a loop, and being able to be cleared by replying.

The stuck-in-a-loop occurence was cleared by closing the Git-GUI. (I was running git merge -i in a bash shell.)

The other occurences happened possibly due to the large number of files in my repository. It happened mainly with .cod files, which I later exclude from version control. (I do have a reason for intially tracking them.) I believe the cause might be related to the rate at which Git uses file handles.

I wonder if the able-to-be-cleared-by-replying problem is Windows related, as two previous posters have mentioned Windows, and no one has said they have the problem with other operating systems.