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POGit checkout and reset on Windows occasionally shows random files have changed
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copied!<p>Often when I do a checkout of a different branch, or a reset, I will get 'permission denied' errors from windows for one to a dozen files - but the particular files vary from run to run. Here's the output from a test I just did, with GIT_TRACE=1. The trace only added the one line before the error message: </p> <pre> $ git checkout master trace: built-in: git 'checkout' 'master' error: git checkout-index: unable to create file dotnet/src/myfile.cs (Permission denied) D dotnet/src/myfile.cs Switched to branch "master" </pre> <p>I'm pretty sure this is some race with a virus scanner or other indexing service on my machine. If the race persisted, I could use sysinternals to see what process has the file handle open. However, it happens very quickly, and I'm not aware of a tool that will show me this conflict. Surprisingly, I haven't found anyone describing similar behavior. How do I make these errors stop, or diagnose the problem further?</p> <p><strong>I'm specifically looking to end the file access race by identifying whatever process is doing the simultaneous access.</strong> So suggestions for a tool that shows which process has a file locked when an edit is denied would be very helpful. I'm aware of 'unlocker' and similar tools which will show me what process holds a file locked for a period of time. This doesn't work for this issue, because the process keeps the file locked for a very short period. So the tool needs to collect the appropriate data without my intervention, as I'm too slow. </p>

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