## Description
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Fixes #`Issue Number`
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## Automation
/ok-to-test tags="@tag.Git"
### 🔍 Cypress test results
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> 🟢🟢🟢 All cypress tests have passed! 🎉🎉🎉
> Workflow run:
<https://github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith/actions/runs/17473362736>
> Commit: 9bbf40be38011df0829473545833739e11d7b743
> <a
href="https://internal.appsmith.com/app/cypress-dashboard/rundetails-65890b3c81d7400d08fa9ee5?branch=master&workflowId=17473362736&attempt=1"
target="_blank">Cypress dashboard</a>.
> Tags: `@tag.Git`
> Spec:
> <hr>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 19:26:09 UTC
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## Communication
Should the DevRel and Marketing teams inform users about this change?
- [ ] Yes
- [ ] No
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
- Bug Fixes
- Improved reliability of Git-connected workflows by automatically
cleaning up dangling Git lock/index files before key operations,
reducing intermittent errors and stuck states across checkouts, branch
create/delete, commits, status, discard, and branch listing.
- Chores
- Made Git-in-memory detection more robust to avoid false positives when
the Git root path is missing or contains whitespace.
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