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Fix Git 'index.lock' File Exists Error on Linux

When working with Git on Linux, you might see an error like:

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                                Fix Git 'index.lock file exists' Error
                                
When you see the error fatal: Unable to create 'path/.git/index.lock': File exists....



        
            
                
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