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Molly Christison
Molly Christison
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Posted by Molly Christison
Molly Christison
4,882 Points

Error message when creating branch

Hello,

I keep getting an error message that reads "fatal: Unable to create 'c:/Users/Molly/my_first_repository/.git/index.lock': file exists."

What does this mean, and how do I get rid of it?

Thank you!

1 Answer

Colton Ehrman
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Colton Ehrman
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Colton Ehrman
Colton Ehrman
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Usually lock files mean that you don't have access to them because your need to be super user / root user What OS are you on and what is the command you were trying to perform when getting the error?

Molly Christison
Molly Christison
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Molly Christison
Molly Christison
4,882 Points

I'm using Windows 8.1, and I'm trying to create a branch.