git-wait

A simple wrapper utility around git that waits until index.lock file is no longer present before forwarding all the args to git and running the command.

Usage

git-wait <git args>

The set-it-and-forget-it approach:

# Put this in your shell config.
alias git=git-wait

Timeout can be set by setting GIT_WAIT_TIMEOUT_MS env var. It is in milliseconds.

# 5-second timeout:
$ GIT_WAIT_TIMEOUT_MS=5000 git-wait status

Example

$ git-wait status
$ git-wait push

When index.lock is present:

$ git-wait status
Waiting on index.lock... done!
<regular git status output>