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gitrebaseabort

Unable to abort, skip git rebase, due to strange permission problems in windows

Env

  • Windows: 7
  • Git: 1.9.5.msysgit.1

I ran into strange permission problems while rebasing. I tried to abort but in vain.

$ git rebase --abort
rm: cannot unlink `c:/git/my-repo/.git/rebase-merge/.git-rebase-todo.swp': Permission denied
rm: cannot remove directory `c:/git/my-repo/.git/rebase-merge': Directory not empty

I tried to skip abort, it too results in similar problem.

Solution

  • Move those folders to some other location on your computer/

    .git/rebase-merge
.git/rebase-apply

    You might not have both but if you do move them both.

    Solution 2:

    restart your git-bash, they might be a lock on the file so restart will release it.