Question

I am getting following errors while I am trying to change any file name or try to add any new file in my project.

   Error : Bad Signature;
   Fatal : index file corrupt

What should I do ?

Answer 1

Remove the index with below command,

$ rm -f .git/index

then restore index to version in the last commit:

$ git reset

Or you can use lower level (plumbing) ‘git read-tree’ instead of ‘git reset’.
make a backup copy if you want, before removing index