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safegit unlock
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release one of safegit's OWN lock files -- a per-ref lock, this worktree's operation lock, or the repository-wide rewrite lock -- left behind by a safegit process that was killed while holding it.

#safegit unlock

release one of safegit's OWN lock files -- a per-ref lock, this worktree's operation lock, or the repository-wide rewrite lock -- left behind by a safegit process that was killed while holding it. It has nothing to do with git's .git/index.lock or any other lock git takes for itself. A lock whose holder is still alive is refused; ordinarily nothing needs this command, because a stale lock is reclaimed automatically by the next contender and 'safegit doctor --action fix' sweeps them, so it is the last-resort path for a filesystem where that reclamation cannot work

Effect: mutating

#Arguments

Arguments
NameTypePresenceDescription
refstrrequiredwhich lock to release: a branch name (main), a full ref (refs/tags/v1), or a tool-owned lock -- safegit/rewrite for the repository-wide history-rewrite lock, safegit/operation for this worktree's operation lock

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