error: cannot lock ref.. 'refs/tags' exists; cannot create 'refs/tags/

Question

I\'m getting a strange \"cannot lock ref\" error when trying to pull changes from github. I\'ve tried git gc, and looked around for similar errors but can\'t find a solution.

Answer 1

error: cannot lock ref 'refs/tags/v2.8': 'refs/tags' exists; cannot create 'refs/tags/v2.8' From github.com:k3it/qsorder

Try deleting your local tag v2.8 and v2.9 then pull again.

$ git tag -d v2.8 
$ git tag -d v2.9

$ git pull

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If you want to delete all local tags by a command:

$ git tag | xargs git tag -d