$ git --version git version 1.5.6.3.439.g1e10 ...while doing a pull on my vanilla linus' linux tracking tree, which I have not touched in about a week. $ good.morning ... + git checkout master Already on "master" + git pull remote: Counting objects: 31759, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (5397/5397), done. remote: Total 28193 (delta 23770), reused 27116 (delta 22765) Receiving objects: 100% (28193/28193), 6.76 MiB | 526 KiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (23770/23770), completed with 3141 local objects. >From git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 f57e916..33af79d master -> origin/master >From git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 * [new tag] v2.6.26 -> v2.6.26 Updating f57e916..33af79d /lab/bin/good.morning: line 8: 5610 Segmentation fault git pull ... $ git pull Updating f57e916..33af79d fatal: unable to create '.git/index.lock': File exists [lenb@d975xbx2 linus (master)]$ rm .git/index.lock git status shows no local changes, just a few untracked files i have left around. clues? thanks, -Len ps. $ cat /lab/bin/good.morning #!/bin/bash -x cd ~/src/git git checkout master git pull make -j4 install cd ~/src/linus git checkout master git pull ... -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html