Re: [PATCH/RFC] More friendly message when locking the index fails.

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 10:58, Matthieu Moy [off-list ref] 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