An error was raised by libgit2. Category = Os (Error)

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I have run into this several times now:

 An error was raised by libgit2. Category = Os (Error).

Which sometimes causes this or similar error while i am writing code:

Failed to open '.../App_Data/....mdf': 
The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

When this happens i can't code without restarting my Visaul Studio 2012.

I think it's being caused by Source Control - Git as i don't remember having this problem before i installed the Git extension for Visual Studio and Team Foundation.

Has anyone else run into this and how did they solve it?

@EdwardThomson mostly the `.mdf` but also, i can't use certain keys on my keyboard eg: Enter key while in the source — Komengem, Apr 23 '13 at 20:45
Interesting, are your `.mdf` files in your repository? Are they ignored via `.gitignore`? — Edward Thomson, Apr 23 '13 at 20:55
MY `.mdf` files are in `App_Data`. Its an `MVC 4` app. And i just checked, `.mdf` is not ignored via `.gitignore`. — Komengem, Apr 23 '13 at 23:37

Douglas Ludlow · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-24T20:57:47.073

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I just ran into this today with a new Visual Studio project. The project was using the autogenerated .gitignore which had the following entries which I thought should have covered the .mdf file just fine:

# SQL Server files
App_Data/*.mdf
App_Data/*.ldf

However I still received:

An error was raised by libgit2. Category = Os (Error). 
Failed to open '.../App_Data/....mdf': 
The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

So I edited the .gitignore, preceding each entry with an asterisk-slash, like so:

# SQL Server files
*/App_Data/*.mdf
*/App_Data/*.ldf

And I was able to continue business as usual.

edited Apr 24 '13 at 20:57

answered Apr 24 '13 at 20:33

Douglas Ludlow

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This is slowing me down, i will get rid of `git` from my project – Komengem Apr 25 '13 at 07:31
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I'm getting this on .dbmdl too even though I have them .gitignored! Really frustrating. Works fine from Git GUI though on the same repo and if I check it all in then the VS plugin will work for a while again until it doesn't. – Jason Kleban Jul 17 '13 at 18:34
@uosɐſ You may have to remove the files in question from the actual repo. .gitignore ignores files going forward. – Douglas Ludlow Jul 17 '13 at 20:09
I previously deleted this .dbmdl file (as it gets regenerated) and checked in the deletion. Doing a `git rm --cached blah.dbmdl` says that the path doesn't exist (it shows the correct path and I only have one branch). – Jason Kleban Jul 18 '13 at 11:44

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 27 '13 at 10:22

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I would want to add it is maybe just as simple as => Close your database connexion :)

answered Sep 27 '13 at 10:22

Remi Marenco

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 29 '13 at 17:11

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I had the same error. IIS express was running in the system tray. When I killed IIS Express everything committed as expected.

answered Oct 29 '13 at 17:11

user1526035

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An error was raised by libgit2. Category = Os (Error)

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