Waiting for GVFS to release the lock...

[sjbthfc2]

Hi, when using GVFS on Windows we seem to be getting a lock issue. For a mounted repo locally, when trying any Git commands at all (status, add, pull, etc) in Git Bash, we just get the message:

Waiting for GVFS to release the lock.../

This spins around indefinitely and never seems to finish.

Any ideas what is happening here or how to resolve this?

Many Thanks.

[jrbriggs]

What version of VFS for Git are you using?

[turbonaitis]

Seems like a symptom of #1251

[nicolasalarconrapela]

Good community! 👋

Currently I have the same problem and it is not the first time that happens to me.

Situation

Repository housed in git de azure, with git bash and windows 10.
When doing gvfs mount this is mounted correctly but if I run git status . , it gets the following output: Waiting for GVFS to release the lock ...

Possible cause

I conclude that this may have been produced by:

• The Local Cache folder was removed (see its location with gvfs status), normally located in C:.
• Although gvfs is a high-volume repository management service, it is still prone to throw errors if it is not given proper maintenance and continuity.
• The repository is too heavy to be tracked by git.

Problem resolution

It's been a while since this problem came back to me, but if I remember correctly, the last time this happened I could not solve it, although other times ...

Possible solutions

• Stop the gvfs service and restart it.
• Restart the PC.
• Clean the cache of the repository that gives us problems, that is, the .git folder. Example: Why is my .git folder so big?
• Leave more time charging than usual (No more than two hours)

I'm scared !!

If you have reached this point and you already know that one of the best solutions is to reinstall the repository again, let me advise you that you should not be afraid of these cases if you have carried out a correct OpenSource repository management as detailed commits. , use of ChangeLog, a task board and a long etc.
This is learned if you manage a repository with about 500K commit and several hundred gigabytes

I hope to be of help ...

Happy Coding !!