Another git process seems to be running in this repository

Question

I\'m trying to learn how to use Git and have created a small project with an HTML, CSS, and Javascript file. I made a branch from my basically empty project and then made so

Answer 1

Try deleting index.lock file in your .git directory.

rm -f .git/index.lock

Such problems generally occur when you execute two git commands simultaneously; maybe one from the command prompt and one from an IDE.

Answer 2

This happened to me and while sourcetree kept telling me the lock file exists, there was no such a file there for me to remove. So I just checked out another branch and then returned to the original branch and noticed this change fixed the issue.

Answer 3

Solved it by going into the .git folder and manually deleting the HEAD.lock file

Answer 4

If you are using CocoaPods and at some point botched an update or install (manually killed it or something), try

1) Removing the index.lock file (in .git/index.lock)

2) Remove your Podfile.lock file.

3) Do a new pod update

4) Try issuing the git command that was failing (in my case it was a git add .)