Git checkout permission denied

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I restart the VS code and switch from one branch to another branch its showing as .env permission denied. I switched to new branch but can't able to unstage, and commit this branch bez of permission denied.

    e5608MINGW32 /c/workspace/myworkspace/angular/project (sprint15/feature/IS-894-locally-installed-application-issue)
    $ git checkout sprint/IS-1767-in-tune-API-UI
    error: unable to create file .env: Permission denied
    Checking out files: 100% (98/98), done.
    Switched to branch 'sprint/IS-1767-in-tune-API-UI'
    D       .env
    Your branch is up to date with 'origin/sprint/FIS-1767-in-tune-API-UI'.
    e5608MINGW32 /c/workspace/myworkspace/angular/project (sprint/IS-1767-in-tune-API-UI)

This doesn't sound like an issue with git. What operating system are you on? — Stephen Newell, Feb 28 '20 at 04:16
Close all the open files, whatever is running, vs code. Then try again. Basically RESTART. — Shridhar R Kulkarni, Feb 28 '20 at 04:59

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 28 '20 at 05:23

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As seen here, this is usually seen when another Windows process is keeping an handle on the resource (here .env) to modify.

Another would be when two processed are running with different account.

one with WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)
one with the regular Windows account

In all cases, as commented, closing/restarting should help.

answered Feb 28 '20 at 05:23

VonC

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Thanks once system restart its working fine. Now I can able to checkout the branch – Rijo Feb 28 '20 at 06:59

Git checkout permission denied

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