Re: Git rebase -i failing on cygwin -- git checkout-index says File Exists

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Hi,

On Tue, 20 Jan 2009, Ludvig Strigeus wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 11:20 PM, Ludvig Strigeus <strigeus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Maybe this command log is useful. I got this while aborting the 
> > rebase. Looks like some file creation race condition? Windows doesn't 
> > allow files to be deleted while they're open.
> 
> I believe I found the source of my problems with git rebase. I had an 
> editor open that wanted to reload the files when changed, and this 
> seemed to conflict with git's file manipulations. After closing the 
> editor, I don't get the mysterious errors anymore.

Yep, that's a Windows issue.  Once you keep a file open in an editor, it 
cannot be overwritten/deleted.

Live with it, or upgrade to a real operating system :-)

Ciao,
Dscho

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