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error: cannot lock ref 'refs/remotes/origin/

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It only happens a few times

error: cannot lock ref 'refs/remotes/origin/jetty-9.4.x': is at d8e0f8df1206536612c938b63ae677d2352de14b but expected ddd80deeb96eed136029b944258b36b285af79c6
From github.com:eclipse/jetty.project
 ! ddd80deeb9..d8e0f8df12  jetty-9.4.x -> origin/jetty-9.4.x  (unable to update local ref)
 * [new branch]            jetty-9.4.x-2828-http2_connection_listener_contention -> origin/jetty-9.4.x-2828-http2_connection_listener_contention

Version 1.3.3 $ git --version git version 2.18.0 macOS 10.13.6

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zhzoocommented, Aug 19, 2018

On windows, happens to me nearly every time. Same exact error as you: error: cannot lock ‘ref/remotes/origin/blahblahblah’: is at something but expected somethingelse

Hacky workaround I’ve been doing is a combination of: running: git gc --prune=now and deleteing .git/refs/remote/origin

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arpitgupta19commented, Jun 6, 2019

This worked for me : git remote prune origin

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