Diagnose and recover from stale git lock files in multi-repo workspaces, especially with submodules
Scanned 9/9/2026
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name: multi-repo-stale-lock-recovery
description: Diagnose and recover from stale git lock files in multi-repo workspaces, especially with submodules
version: 1.0.0
source: auto-extracted
extracted: 2026-04-11
metadata:
tags: ["git", "multi-repo", "debugging", "stale-locks"]
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# Multi-Repo Stale Lock Recovery
When bulk operations fail across multiple repos with `.git/index.lock` errors, check for stale crashes from background processes (especially with submodules). Use `lsof` to verify no git process is actually running, then safely remove the lock file and retry. If the lock reappears immediately after cleanup, a background process may still be running — wait briefly and monitor with `ps` before retrying. In submodule-heavy workspaces, lock files in one repo can reference another's submodule path.Is this your skill, or is something wrong with this listing? Request removal or report an issue. Author removals are honored within 72 hours.
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