On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 03:27:01PM -0500, S R Wright wrote: > When git creates index.lock in the local .git directory, does it also > create .index.lock.swp (or any other .swp file)? If so, can this behaviour > be disabled? VIM does this, but it can be disabled. Thanks! No, it doesn't. Git will create index.lock, and then rename it into place as "index" when its fully written. If something is creating a ".swp" variant, it is outside of Git (e.g., if somebody opened the file with vim). -Peff
