Sourcetree error fatal: Unable to write new index file

itsricky

Hi there

I have recently downloaded and started using Sourcetree - love it.

One repo and set of pushes to my SamG bucket was fine, great.

Now I am trying to add files to a new commit using the 'everguide-newsletter-creator' repo, and keep getting this error:

fatal: Unable to write new index file

Why is this happening on my mac? I have ample disk and memory space available?

Thanks.

stevestreeting

This is usually a permissions problem or a file locking problem. I'd check that you have full access to the entire folder and all of its subdirs (especially the .git hidden folder), and that nothing else could be holding persistent locks on the file system somehow (ultimately a reboot should make sure this isn't the case). Otherwise, there are a few ideas here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3813962/git-problem-fatal-unable-to-write-new-index-file