git bash - Why does git pull hang?

Question

When I do a git pull, from the git bash, the terminal usually runs the pull, updates my local, and then hangs. I'm not sure if it's waiting for me to do something, but I usually exit out of this with CTRL-C. After that, I get that an index.lock is preventing me from doing other things to which I have to delete it. Am I misunderstanding how git pull works?

Answer 1

You may need to remove unnecessary git objects such as dangling commits & blobs:

git fsck && git gc --prune=now

git-fsck : Verifies the connectivity and validity of the objects in the database
git-gc : Cleanup unnecessary files and optimize the local repository

You can refer here about dangling commits & blobs.