Another Git process seems to be running in this repository

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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 some changes to my code. I tried staging the changes, but I get the following error message:

Another git process seems to be running in this repository, e.g.
an editor opened by 'git commit'. Please make sure all processes
are terminated then try again. If it still fails, a git process
may have crashed in this repository earlier:
remove the file manually to continue.

Granted, I did run into problems trying to commit my empty project earlier and just quit Git Bash since I didn't know how to get out of where I somehow had gotten.

Is there a way for me to fix this or should I just start a new repository?

It seems like there is definitely another process running rn, possibly in another terminal tab? — Vincent Rodomista, Jun 24 '16 at 01:01
Open task manager and see what else is running. You might also be abld to use Process Explorer, if you have that installed. — Tim Biegeleisen, Jun 24 '16 at 01:04
Try using git bash, command Line or GUI then you can unlock the locked git — SalindaKrish, Mar 27 '20 at 03:29

score 2337 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 13 '23 at 22:59

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Try deleting index.lock file in your .git directory or in one of your worktrees .git/worktrees/*/index.lock if you are in a worktree.

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.

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I got following error: rm: cannot remove '.git/index.lock': Device or resource busy – Yuvraj Patil May 24 '17 at 07:51
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remove with `rm -f .git/index.lock` – Kyle Krzeski Jul 31 '17 at 13:18
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For CocoaPods, try to remove `Podfile.lock`. – LinusGeffarth Oct 02 '17 at 16:10
.lock file does not exist on windows, remove index.lock file – pixel Nov 10 '17 at 00:05
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Worked for me too, Thanks. I wonder why this answer is not mark as accepted yet. Command sequence: 1) find | grep '\.lock$' 2) rm -f ./.git/index.lock – Ankush Dec 19 '17 at 10:27
If you get error: rm: cannot remove '.git/index.lock': Device or resource busy, restart your computer and try rm -f ./.git/index.lock again. – yl_low Apr 17 '18 at 09:22
Thanks, Its working. but I am remove whole project in my local and then upload whole project in Bit Bucket its not working and I am close my IDE, then why problem occur, pls let me know, If you have suggestion. – Kiran Kanzar Oct 09 '18 at 14:06
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If there is no `index.lock` file there, check for `HEAD.lock`· Removing it solved the problem for me. – Daniels Šatcs Oct 19 '18 at 21:00
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@YuvrajPatil In case of message: " Device or resource busy" - end all Git processes using Task Manager – Andrei Karcheuski Jun 07 '19 at 10:45
I also had to remove another .lock file in the remote repository to have it fixed. – Kamran Bigdely Oct 21 '19 at 23:18
In Git 2.11.0.windows.1 the file name is just index. I did not delete it. I just renamed it temporary and then the push worked. After this, I renamed index to its original name. – mochomecha Apr 16 '20 at 06:13
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@DanielShatz deleting `HEAD.lock` on Windows 10 (using Sourcetree) did the trick. Thanks! – degenerate Jun 12 '20 at 14:36
Just run rm -f .git/index.lock and then regular $ git add . command. – Mudassir Aug 21 '20 at 09:33
git rm -f .git/index.lock not worked for me.got previous error as same. I deleted that index.lock file manually and it worked. – Thilina Liyanage Oct 08 '20 at 16:29
In my case I found packed-refs.lock in git folder, I deleted and works for me – Muhammad Bilal Jan 14 '21 at 12:30
In my experience deleting the .lock file is very dangerous, I lost all my uncommitted work – conor909 Nov 12 '21 at 14:58
I had a lock file on my .modules/odoo folder shallow.lock. Renamed it and it worked fine. – MrWater Sep 20 '22 at 09:58
use -Force -f is ambiguous possible matches -Filter -Force use: rm -Force .git/index.lock – Osama Buzdar Nov 24 '22 at 11:00
On Windows pwsh just use `-Force`. – aderchox Dec 10 '22 at 10:02
I did this: `rm -f .git/index.lock`. it fixed my problem but It raised a new error saying that vscode installation is corrupt. Now I have to reinstall VSCode. – Muhammed Aydogan Apr 16 '23 at 15:33
I deleted `shallow.lock` and I have no idea why that did the trick when I couldn't find other files mentioned above. – Hyfy Apr 27 '23 at 01:40

Mukesh Joshi · Answer 2 · 2017-02-02T04:27:48.037

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Use the below command in the root directory of the application. This will delete the index.lock file and release the active lock.

rm .git/index.lock

edited Feb 02 '17 at 04:27

answered Dec 19 '16 at 09:37

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I also had to close Sublime-Text because it had a git plugin. Another IDE connected to git likely has the same problem – nick carraway Jun 08 '19 at 20:27
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In my experience deleting the .lock file is very dangerous, I lost all my uncommitted work – conor909 Nov 12 '21 at 14:58

score 53 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 13 '23 at 22:53

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Deleting my commit message worked for me.

rm .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG

It then said.

fatal: cannot lock ref 'HEAD': Unable to create '.git/refs/heads/[your-branch-name].lock': File exists.

Do notice that your branch name might be different than mine. You can delete this lock file by doing;

rm .git/refs/heads/[your-branch-name].lock

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answered May 04 '17 at 12:57

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This worked when I had tried to commit with docker-compose up in the background. – John Spiteri Dec 02 '17 at 21:49

score 29 · Answer 4 · edited Sep 02 '23 at 18:03

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If you are a Windows user, there will be the error 'rm' is not recognized as an internal or external command. That's because rm is a Linux command. So in Windows, you can use the below to remove the index.lock file inside the .git folder:

del -f .git/index.lock

If it doesn't work, try removing manually. If you cannot find the folder .git first turn on the "Show hidden files folders and drives" setting.

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Didn't work for me in Windows! Parameter "f" is not recognized. – KHALDOUN Mohsen Oct 03 '20 at 09:37
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Occasionally, Windows will give you an **"Invalid Switch"** error if you do this. It is advised to use backslashes **(\\)** instead of forward slashes **(/)** to avoid this. i.e. `del .git\index.lock` – William Dewayne Corrin III Dec 07 '20 at 19:56
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@WilliamDewayneCorrinIII thanks for your inputs on 'Invalid switch' scenario.... it saved my time. :) – rtvalluri Jan 15 '21 at 07:01
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In my experience deleting the .lock file is very dangerous, I lost all my uncommitted work – conor909 Nov 12 '21 at 14:58
Unless this is for [PowerShell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerShell), it is an example of the ***completely bogus*** answers that are submitted to Stack Overflow just to get reputation points. CMD's [DEL](https://ss64.com/nt/del.html) does not have the `-f` option. In PowerShell, [`rm` is an alias](https://pvm-professionalengineering.blogspot.com/2019/10/powershell-aliases-and-missing.html) for [Remove-Item](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh849765.aspx). It can probably also call through to the regular `del`, but that doesn't change the options for `del`. – Peter Mortensen Jan 30 '23 at 05:21
An alternative explanation is a mixup of keyboard layouts, [US keyboard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_and_American_keyboards#Windows_keyboards) vs. some other layout, say a [Spanish keyboard layout](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_QWERTY_keyboard_language_variants#Spanish). Or plagiarised from a place where the mixup happened. – Peter Mortensen Jan 30 '23 at 05:38
Windows also traditionally has trouble dealing with files whose file name begins with a dot. – Peter Mortensen Jan 30 '23 at 05:59
OK, 'del' is also [an alias](https://pvm-professionalengineering.blogspot.com/2019/10/powershell-aliases-and-missing.html) for [Remove-Item](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh849765.aspx) in PowerShell (together with `erase`, `rd`, `ri`, `rm`, and `rmdir`). – Peter Mortensen Jan 30 '23 at 06:00
If the answer is qualified with PowerShell it may or may not make sense. – Peter Mortensen Jan 30 '23 at 06:03

score 24 · Answer 5 · edited Jun 11 '23 at 21:04

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OK, I ended up getting it to work by running git rm .git/index.lock

It's weird because I did that a few times before to no avail, but hey computers, right?

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No need to use `git rm` here, just `rm` is sufficient. `index.lock` is not a file meant to be tracked by git. – Matthieu Moy Nov 06 '16 at 19:32

score 15 · Answer 6 · edited Feb 09 '23 at 23:12

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It is similar to methods in previous answers, but in my case I had several of those:

.git/refs/heads/<branch_name>.lock

And I was able to remove all at once by this way:

find -name "*.lock" -exec xargs rm {} \;

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score 12 · Answer 7 · edited Feb 24 '23 at 11:09

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If you are on PowerShell, use rm (an alias for Remove-Item):

rm -Force .git/index.lock

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I also could solve the issue using '-Force' flag. The system threw ambiguous error between '-Force' and '-Filter'. – iconique Jul 09 '21 at 07:53
Note: `rm` in PowerShell [is an alias](https://pvm-professionalengineering.blogspot.com/2019/10/powershell-aliases-and-missing.html) for cmdlet *[Remove-Item](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/remove-item)*. Other aliases for *Remove-Item* are `del`, `erase`, `rd`, `ri`, and `rmdir`. – Peter Mortensen Feb 10 '23 at 00:07

score 10 · Answer 8 · edited Feb 09 '23 at 23:14

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This happened to me and while Sourcetree kept telling me the lock file exists, there wasn't any 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.

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score 10 · Answer 9 · edited Feb 09 '23 at 23:19

Use the following command in case you are facing Another Git process seems to be running in this repository, e.g., an editor opened by 'git commit', please make sure all processes are terminated and then try again. If it still fails, a Git process may have crashed in this repository earlier:

remove the file manually to continue.

rm -f .git/index.lock
git reset

And after the reset command, use git status, git add, and git commit -a or git commit -m "your message", git push origin master.

score 9 · Answer 10 · edited Feb 09 '23 at 23:15

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

Removing the index.lock file (in .git/index.lock)
Remove your Podfile.lock file.
Do a new pod update
Try issuing the Git command that was failing (in my case it was a git add .)

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It was removing the Podfile.lock I was missing. Thanks – NateLillie Feb 11 '21 at 15:40

score 9 · Answer 11 · edited Feb 09 '23 at 23:52

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Delete file index.lock in here:

<path to your repo>/.git/index.lock

Also, if your repository has submodules, delete all index.lock files in here as well:

<path to your repo>/.git/modules/<path to your submodule>/index.lock

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The submodules part was what I needed – Bruno Monteiro Dec 09 '20 at 03:03
In my experience deleting the .lock file is very dangerous, I lost all my uncommitted work – conor909 Nov 12 '21 at 14:59

score 8 · Answer 12 · edited Feb 10 '23 at 00:26

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This might also come from another application or plugin that uses Git. For example, Sourcetree. In my case, it seemed some process got stuck in Sourcetree regarding Git. So deleting the index.lock file only didn't work for me. I'd to delete sourcetreeconfig in the .git folder in the project directory and it worked.

rm -rf .git/index.lock
rm -rf .git/sourcetreeconfig

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score 6 · Answer 13 · edited Jan 13 '23 at 22:53

For me the problem was simpler. This was in Sourcetree, so I'm not sure how much it'll apply to regular solutions, but I accidentally had my master branch selected trying to make a commit rather than my uncommitted changes.

This wouldn't normally be a problem, but I had already preemptively entered a commit message, so I could track what I was doing for that little sprint I was on.

Basically, I started a commit on the uncommitted branch and was accidentally trying to start another commit on my master branch.

score 6 · Answer 14 · edited Jan 30 '23 at 05:04

The error code will give you the full path of the file. Copy that path and delete the file.

For example,

fatal: Unable to create '/Users/username/Development/project/.git/index.lock': File exists.

Another git process seems to be running in this repository, e.g.
an editor opened by 'git commit'. Please make sure all processes
are terminated then try again. If it still fails, a git process
may have crashed in this repository earlier:
remove the file manually to continue.

rm -rf fullPathOftheFile

rm -rf /Users/username/Development/project/.git/index.lock

score 5 · Answer 15 · edited Feb 09 '23 at 23:22

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It may be happening your branch is corrupted. Create a new branch by git branch #check branch. I have created a new branch and it is working.

branch -b "main"
git checkout -b "main"  # Main is new branch
git add .
git commit -m "all files"
git remote add origin # **YOUR REPO**  https://github.com/tarun-techmarbles/wp-dump-sql-git-push.git
git push origin main  # Push with new branch

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score 5 · Answer 16 · edited Feb 09 '23 at 23:28

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Though there is an alternative in the previous answer, that didn't solve mine.

In my case, I delete the "git" plugin in ./zshrc and reboot the computer. Then the issue is gone. I guess the Z shell (executable zsh) plugin had done something conflicting with the original Git command.

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On Mac? Z shell is [the default shell in macOS v10.15](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS_Catalina#Removed_or_changed_components) (Catalina) and later. – Peter Mortensen Feb 09 '23 at 23:30
Probably not; the dates don't line up. – Peter Mortensen Feb 09 '23 at 23:32

score 5 · Answer 17 · edited Feb 09 '23 at 23:33

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I got this error while pod update. I solved it by deleting the index.lock file in CocoaPods's .git directory.

rm -f /Users/my_user_name/.cocoapods/repos/master/.git/index.lock

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CoolMind · Answer 18 · 2020-06-28T15:04:14.030

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rm -f .git/index.lock didn't help, because I had a locked file that couldn't be deleted. So, index.lock also had been captured by some application.

In Windows I downloaded an alternative to Unlocker called Lock Hunter and deleted both files. Git captured them.

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score 3 · Answer 19 · edited Feb 09 '23 at 23:36

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I have faced the same issues when I tried to staged a file in Sourcetree.

To solve this, go to the .git folder in the project directory and manually delete file index.lock and you are done.

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Actually I find in SourceTree that it is usually sufficient to wait a few seconds and try again. – matt May 03 '19 at 16:10

score 3 · Answer 20 · edited Feb 09 '23 at 23:55

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For me the solution was as simple as closing my IDE and then checking out. A teammate of mine had accepted my PR and merged the code via TFS. Removing the .lock files did not work.

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score 3 · Answer 21 · edited Jan 30 '23 at 05:05

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I had the same problem using Sourcetree. But there weren't any index.lock file on my host at all. I've found the packed-refs.lock file, and after deleting it, the problem was solved.

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score 2 · Answer 22 · edited Jan 30 '23 at 05:02

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I faced the same issue. The issue was that I had tried to push my code with an XML file (used as a data set) which had a size of 1.3 GB.

The solution was to add this file into .gitignore and then the problem was solved.

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score 2 · Answer 23 · edited Jan 30 '23 at 04:54

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First, run

rm -f .git/index.lock

And then run

git reset --hard

in your command prompt or Git Bash.

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score 2 · Answer 24 · edited Feb 03 '23 at 06:24

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If you unfortunately have used your git or git remove from git bus or you can't commit your code and "git add ." and upload code remotely then check the following.

This command ... suppose your error tyepe

Another git process seems to be running in this repository, e.g.
an editor opened by 'git commit'. Please make sure all processes
are terminated then try again. If it still fails, a git process
may have crashed in this repository earlier:
remove the file manually to continue.

open git bus or Windows PowerShell
then use this command

rm .git/index.lock

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What is "git bus"? Do you mean [Git Bash](https://superuser.com/questions/1053633/what-is-git-bash-for-windows-anyway)? – Peter Mortensen Feb 03 '23 at 06:22

score 2 · Answer 25 · answered Jun 10 '23 at 20:50

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Navigating to the project directory and deleted the index.lock file solved the problem for me.

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score 1 · Answer 26 · edited Jan 30 '23 at 05:12

I faced the same problem. I had to do a little more to resolve this.

First, I deleted file index.lock, and then I cloned fresh code from an existing Git repository location. I had my code changes in separated location. I copied the .git folder and the .gitignore file file and pasted in the code folder where I had made code changes.

Then I tried to commit and push, and it worked smoothly. May be this information will be helpful if your problem doesn't by the above given solutions.

score 1 · Answer 27 · edited Jan 30 '23 at 04:59

If you wind up here based on the question's title ("Another git process seems to be running in this repository"), note that the accepted answer will not be directly applicable to you if the message in this question's title is preceded by another message like the one below:

fatal: cannot lock ref 'HEAD': Unable to create '/<PATH>/<TO>/<REPO>/.git/refs/heads/<BRANCH>.lock': File exists.

In this case, you should delete that file (<BRANCH>.lock) instead of .git/index.lock.

score 1 · Answer 28 · edited Feb 10 '23 at 00:21

My Mac was slow, so I ran two git commits: one executed and the second was blocked by the first.
I tried rm -f .git/index.lock
- rm .git/refs/heads/[your-branch-name].lock
<path to your repo>/.git/index.lock
<path to your repo>/.git/modules/<path to your submodule>/index.lock

And:

find | grep '\.lock$'
rm -f ./.git/index.lock this was useful to check - no .lock file was lurking

I did what Chloe did: I checked out of my IDE, exited, and looked at a git-status once more. Then ran a $git add . $git commit -m'msg' $git push

It cleared the two terminals that were running commands and solved the problem.

A slow Mac has caused this problem before, so now I just wait for a bit before running a second commit that conflicts with the first.

score 1 · Answer 29 · edited Jan 30 '23 at 04:55

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It works for me. I got same error.

Delete the HEAD.lock file on Windows 10. Now I can commit and push my changes on remote.

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score 1 · Answer 30 · edited Jan 30 '23 at 04:52

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I am using the PyCharm IDE.

rm -f .git/index.lock

The above command didn't work. Instead, try the one below:

rm -force .git/index.lock

PyCharm IDE terminal screenshot

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score 1 · Answer 31 · answered Aug 04 '22 at 18:32

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The only thing that worked for me was the following:

As the previous answer show:
```
rm -force .git/index.lock
```
Check out to any other branch. Check back to your branch.

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`rm -force` in what environment? [Bash](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bash_%28Unix_shell%29) on [Linux](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux)? Or something else? – Peter Mortensen Feb 10 '23 at 00:51
@PeterMortensen yes, guess it should work on every unix system – Lucas Miguel Feb 10 '23 at 18:47

score 0 · Answer 32 · edited Jan 30 '23 at 04:44

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In addition to deleting the lock file in your .git folder, if you are using Visual Studio Code and the Git Graph extension, try to uninstall it and then install it back again. It should fix the issue.

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score 0 · Answer 33 · edited Feb 10 '23 at 00:30

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Obnoxious screenshot of something that should be posted as text

If this is the case with you then it is very easy to solve. The problem will be solved by following the steps below.

Enter the hidden folder of Git in the folder where you are working.
Delete "index.lock" file
Check you Git status using "git status" command
If your file nor committed, you have to commit you file using "git add --all" command
Again check your Git status, and stage the file, and commit

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Please review *[Why not upload images of code/errors when asking a question?](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/285551/)* (e.g., *"Images should only be used to illustrate problems that* ***can't be made clear in any other way,*** *such as to provide screenshots of a user interface."*) and [do the right thing](https://stackoverflow.com/posts/72210425/edit) (it covers answers as well). Thanks in advance. – Peter Mortensen Feb 10 '23 at 00:28

score 0 · Answer 34 · edited Feb 10 '23 at 00:52

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When you run this command,

del /f index.lock

and you get the following response,

The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

You can restart the git.exe process in Windows by using a program like Process Hacker. When Git restarts, the lock goes away.

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score 0 · Answer 35 · edited Feb 10 '23 at 00:55

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Related issue: I had two automations running on the same Git repository in parallel.

But they should not be running, so I fixed the automation to remove the duplication.

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What do you mean by *"two automations"* and *"the automation"*? Two scripts? Or something else? Can you elaborate? – Peter Mortensen Feb 10 '23 at 00:56

score 0 · Answer 36 · edited Feb 03 '23 at 06:33

I am facing a similar issue. I am a Windows user, so all of the previous answers are by using command line Git Bash or any other. I used the following approach manually and it worked for me:

Step 1:

Go to the project directory you are trying to push.

In my case, it is E--Mobile

Step 2:

Enable show hidden folder in the folders view settings

Step 3:

After enabling show hidden folder, you will get .git file in the project directories. Open .git folder and find the index.lock file there and delete it.

Now you can push the code easily.

score 0 · Answer 37 · answered Mar 28 '23 at 13:35

In addition to all replies here about different .lock files, to those who even can't remove it, just make sure the file itself is not locked by another process/terminal session by doing the lsof command:

An example of the command:

sudo lsof .git/index.lock

The output might show you a process that holds it if there is any. It might be tricky to get rid of it, but kill of a process or machine restart should be helpful in such cases.

It relates to other .lock files across .git folders, so make sure there are no other .lock files inside.

score 0 · Answer 38 · answered May 25 '23 at 22:09

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In my case it wasn't the index.lock file but the HEAD.lock file that was creating the problem. Delete Head.lock file, fixed the issue

rm -force .git/HEAD.lock

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score -1 · Answer 39 · edited Jan 30 '23 at 04:55

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In my case, just run the command: yarn add commitizen -D

Then everything is OK!

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score -1 · Answer 40 · edited Feb 10 '23 at 00:22

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Inside the .git folder, delete the index.lock file and try again to commit or add. It'll work.

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answered Jan 07 '22 at 05:43

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Duplicated as it is already specified in a number of existing answers. – Andrew Halil Jan 07 '22 at 09:35

score -1 · Answer 41 · edited Feb 03 '23 at 06:26

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I'm just starting to learn Python, and I came across this problem. After reading through and trying all the possible solutions offered for this problem, none actually worked for me. I use a Windows 10 64-bit system. Visual Studio Code text editor.

So I simply copied and pasted the venv folder into the .git folder, and that was it.

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As it’s currently written, your answer is unclear. Please [edit] to add additional details that will help others understand how this addresses the question asked. You can find more information on how to write good answers [in the help center](/help/how-to-answer). – Community Dec 16 '22 at 19:30
What is the "venv folder"? Related to a [virtual environment](https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html)? Which one? – Peter Mortensen Feb 03 '23 at 06:27

Another Git process seems to be running in this repository

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