On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 6:17 PM Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > # git rebase origin/master > ... > Applying: commitX > Applying: commitY > Applying: commitZ > fatal: Unable to create '/home/xyz/dir1/dir2/.git/index.lock': File exists. > > The first thing I did was to check whether the index.lock file existed, > but it doesn't. What platform is this on? If Windows, I'm wondering if something (such as a virus scanner) is holding the lock file open long enough to prevent Git from actually deleting it (and perhaps Git doesn't notice the failed deletion -- until the next time it tries to take the lock).