From: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
To: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] More friendly message when locking the index fails.
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 12:50:06 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <bd6139dc0902040350n3af5d37ctc6976fd77671fb82@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1233741505-24020-1-git-send-email-Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 10:58, Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> wrote:
> + "This probably means a git process crashed in this repository earlier.\n"
> + "Make sure no other git process is running and remove the file manually.",
> + get_index_file(), strerror(lock_error));
How about "If no other git process is currently running, this probably
means...." instead? E.g., sometimes I run 'git commit' in one terminal
window, and then switch to another before committing (to review the
diff for example), which would cause an index.lock file to be present
validly.
--
Cheers,
Sverre Rabbelier
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-02-04 11:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-02-04 8:36 Recovering the index after a git crash? Matthieu Moy
2009-02-04 9:58 ` [PATCH/RFC] More friendly message when locking the index fails Matthieu Moy
2009-02-04 11:50 ` Sverre Rabbelier [this message]
2009-02-06 13:38 ` Recovering the index after a git crash? Mikael Magnusson
2009-02-06 14:36 ` [PATCH] More friendly message when locking the index fails Matthieu Moy
2009-02-06 15:09 ` [PATCH v3] " Matthieu Moy
2009-02-07 0:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-02-19 12:54 ` [PATCH] " Matthieu Moy
2009-02-19 14:12 ` Sverre Rabbelier
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