git problem : fatal: Unable to write new index file

Question

I have an existing project that has been managed under git. I recently had to do a ground-up rebuild of the computer (OS X Snow Leopard), and returning to the project, git c

Answer 1

This is old, but the cause for me was Dropbox. My local repository was stored in my Dropbox folder, and I had to pause Dropbox syncing before I could complete the command.