title: How do I fix a failed git commit?
body: <p>I am new to <code>git</code> and was trying to commit, but I got stuck in what looked like <code>vi</code> which I'm not familiar with. I managed to get out of it, but I think I got out the wrong way because my git status says "changes not staged," but I still can't try again. Could someone tell me what I can do to fix the still hanging process and commit my changes?</p>
  
  <p>here is the error </p>
  
  <pre><code>fatal: Unable to create '/.git/index.lock': File exists.
  If no other git process is currently running, this probably means a
  git process crashed in this repository earlier. Make sure no other git
  process is running and remove the file manually to continue.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>not i took out the full path </p>
  
  <p>As always thanks for your help.</p>