git add command fails and keeps running

Question

I run command:

git add .

and get:

Killed: 9

It stops me running any git commands with a lock.

What is wrong with my git, I've tried rebooting, removing the directory and starting over with a new repo.

Answer 1

I was able to solve the same issue by adding things (that should not be in Git) to .gitignore. In my specific case, there was a nested directory which had a Python virtualenv directory.

After adding venv/ to my .gitignore and committing, I was finally able to commit the directory.