git

cannot lock ref 'refs/remotes/origin/master'

I always got cannot lock ref 'refs/remotes/origin/master' when I execute git pull first time if there are some updates.

The full console log is belows.

D:\code\react-native\expo-multi-screen-starter>git pull
error: cannot lock ref 'refs/remotes/origin/master': is at b2459b4d5af42622cba55f9fe47ccd14fbd879bc but expected 76f11048c866cfe3e6570eaacf90db3cb7732723
From github.com:liudonghua123/expo-multi-screen-starter
 ! 76f1104..b2459b4  master     -> origin/master  (unable to update local ref)

D:\code\react-native\expo-multi-screen-starter>git pull
 App.js                                          | 19 ++++-----
 src/navigation/AuthStack.js                     | 14 +++++++
 src/navigation/RootNavigator.js                 | 22 ++++++++++
 src/navigation/TabNavigator.js                  |  4 +-
 src/screens/AuthLoadingScreen.js                | 35 ++++++++++++++++
 src/screens/HomeScreen.js                       | 19 +++++++++
 src/screens/{LoginScreen.js => SignInScreen.js} | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
 7 files changed, 147 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/navigation/AuthStack.js
 create mode 100644 src/navigation/RootNavigator.js
 create mode 100644 src/screens/AuthLoadingScreen.js
 rename src/screens/{LoginScreen.js => SignInScreen.js} (61%)

D:\code\react-native\expo-multi-screen-starter>
Solution

  • I was able to fix it by just deleting .git/refs/remotes/ and it was restored automatically.