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When I try to commit I get the following error:

The working copy "Chord Attack" failed to commit files. fatal: Will not add file alias 'Chord Attack/GameResources/GUI/Chord Attack/chordattackbg.png' ('Chord Attack/GameResources/GUI/Chord Attack/ChordAttackBG.png' already exists in index)

I can't even find that file in my directory or anywhere on my computer. I deleted that from my project a long time ago. I even recreated my project and manually added files one by one and some how this happened again. I saw another post that said to delete the file and manually re-add it, but it didn't work. Currently, the chordattackbg.png file is in my project. I tried deleting that and then committing, but the same error came up. What am I doing wrong?

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This is a case issue (chordattackbg.png vs. ChordAttackBG.png), as described in this question.

You would need to:

git mv ChordAttackBG.png foo git mv foo chordattackbg.png git commit -m "Rename ChordAttackBG.png to chordattackbg.png"

Then you would apply your modifications to chordattackbg.png, add and commit.

Here the solution was to:

  • clone the local repo again,
  • cleanup its content,
  • rename the file (ChordAttackBG.png to chordattackbg.png),
  • add the new modifications to chordattackbg.png,
  • re-open the project in XCode from the new clone.
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Okay, finally, something worked. I've clone it. Weird, I see a lot of old files in the cloned version that I don't currently have in my project.
@02fentym maybe it is best to work in that new clone: cleanup old files, git add -A, git commit, and see if you can commit your chordattackbg.png there.
So I should add chordattackbg.png into the cloned repository then try to commit it? Should I delete ChordAttackBG.png first?
@02fentym maybe try to rename it first (as in my original answer). Then, if the case is right, report your modifications in the renamed chordattackbg.png.
Oh yeah, I forgot. Okay, it looks like it has worked! Should I try to commit via Xcode now?
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I solved this problem deleting this file:

/path/to/project/folder/.git/index.lock

Then I could commit from Xcode with no problems. Hope this helps!

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