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Fix Git 'index.lock' Error in VS Code

If you see the error 'fatal: Unable to create 'path/.git/index.lock': File exists'...

Fix Windows Cannot Access Shared Folder Error 0x80070035

When you try to access a shared folder on another computer and see "Windows cannot access \\c...

Fix 'pip externally managed environment' on Ubuntu 23.04

If you're on Ubuntu 23.04 (Lunar Lobster) and try to install a Python package with pip, you m...

Fix 'Git Remote Origin Already Exists' Error

When you try to add a remote named 'origin' but Git tells you it already exists, it's...

Fix Python Memory Error When Loading Large JSON Files

If you've tried to load a large JSON file into Python and hit a MemoryError, you...

Fix Git SSL Certificate Problem: Unable to Get Local Issuer

You run git clone https://example.com/repo.git and get:

fatal: unable to acc...