Git error - unable to unlink old 'some/file/name' (Bad file descriptor)

Question

When trying to switch/checkout (in TortoiseGit) to another branch, I get the following error:

error: unable to unlink old \'foo/bar.cfc\' (Bad file descripto         


        

Answer 1

I ran into this problem-Eclipse was locking the file even though it wasn't open in the editor. Once I closed eclipse I could checkout fine.