GIT pull failed: 'unable to unlink file: invalid argument'

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pillsbur picture pillsbur · Jul 26, 2017 · Viewed 42.2k times · Source

New GIT user here, managing a Moodle course web site system on a Windows server. Trying to do my first Pull update of the core code (using TortoiseGit) and it's not working. Git is unable to unlink old versions of any the 200+ files to be updated because of an "invalid argument". I have no idea what that means.

Here's what it looks like after I dismiss 210 error dialogs: tortoisegit

I've rebooted the server and scoured the web for ideas, but I'm at a loss for what to try next.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

Answer

Nicolas Leucci picture Nicolas Leucci · Oct 30, 2018

I lost hours with that error too.

In my case, I got this error because some files was locked by another program. I had to close everything then I was able to pull again.

Hope this help someone :)

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