Git rebase dies with fatal: Unable to create '.../.git/index.lock': File exists.

Scenario, run: $ git rebase v3.10.12 --autosquash -i And randomly get this: fatal: Unable to create '.../linux/.git/index.lock': File exists. If no other git process is currently running, this probably means a git process crashed in this repository earlier. Make sure no other git process

Re: Git rebase dies with fatal: Unable to create '.../.git/index.lock': File exists.

On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 05:15:01PM -0400, Jeff King wrote: > On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 12:28:52PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > > I have emacs windows open that have files within the git tree open in > > them. My emacs has vc-git mode loaded and global-auto-revert-mode set. &