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I'm completely stuck as to why my git has completely locked me out. I have a laptop that I use at work and when I'm home. For both accounts I use git extensively and both are located in different paths. Today I came into work and I can't do anything, all I see is:
/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/my_site/.git/index.lock': Permission denied For all I care the branch I'm on can be deleted. I've tried removing the branch, checking out any other branch, removing the index.lock file (as suggested by other users on sites). I only have the terminal window open, no other possible programs using git (as far as I know and nothing noticeable in the activity window). I have rebooted the computer straight into my work account and still no luck. How can I remove this lock?
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If you don't have any Git processes running, you can delete the index. lock file and try the Git operation again.
When you perform a Git command that edits the index, Git creates a new index. lock file, writes the changes, and then renames the file. The index. lock file indicates to other Git processes that the repository is locked for editing.
I had the exact same problem wanting to commit my changes to git, and solved it this way:
I needed to change the group of my .git folder and its contents:
sudo chown -R <owner>:<group> .git
needed to change the permission of this folder:
sudo chmod -R 775 .git
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Check which user owns the git lock:
ls -la /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/my_site/.git/index.lock Then you can use sudo to remove it.
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