Git - fix the 'error: cannot lock ref 'refs/remotes/origin/'

Question

git gc --prune=now

and delete 
\YOUR_PROJECT.git\refs\remotes\origin\[PROBLEMATIC BRANCH] 

Answer 1

As a workaround, you can always;

// Create new branch
git checkout -b newbranch

//push it back to remote
git push --set-upstream origin trx-local

 

Answer 2

// Its happened due to mismatch of commit Ids, it can be master branch too
[problematic branch]

// To fix, please update the ref reference) with the following command:
$ git update-ref -d refs/remotes/origin/[problematic branch]

// and pull
$git pull