Git Checkout warning: unable to unlink files, permission denied

Question

I am aware that there are similar issues about git relating to the \'unable to unlink\' warning, but I have not been able to use them.

The main difference is that th

Answer 1

In my case it was a ":" character in a folder name prevenitng the git repo to checkout on windows.

Answer 2

Solved for me by setting my git client (GitExtensions) to always run in admin mode.

Answer 3

I had that problem while using IntelliJ (14.1.3 Ultimate), I wanted to revert changes in some file.

Solved by closing Git Bash opened in another window - another revert trial in IntelliJ worked.

Answer 4

All you need to do is provide permissions, run the command below from the root of your project:

    chmod ug+w <directory path>

Answer 5

I have encountered this error and it is caused by wrong "owner/group" of the file/folder. You must seek assistance to your server admin to change the "owner/group" of this file/folder and retry using "git pull" again. Or if you are a sudoer, just sudo chown "your owner name / your group name" and try again pulling your repository. Try it, it works 100% to me!

Answer 6

Just in general, if this happens in Windows, and you are using tortoisegit, it is the status cache of tortoisegit. Kill that process and it will be freed.