git add -i keeps returning perl no user error on Mac OSX Lion

Question

git add -i is giving me the following error

perl: no user 502

It has always worked fine but now, out of the blue, I am getting this error. All other commands like git add <filename> , git status , git commit are working fine.

What's going on here?

This is the output of command id

> $ id

uid=502(andy) gid=20(staff) groups=20(staff),402(com.apple.access_ssh),403(com.apple.sharepoint.group.2),401(com.apple.access_screensharing),12(everyone),33(_appstore),61(localaccounts),79(_appserverusr),80(admin),81(_appserveradm),98(_lpadmin),100(_lpoperator),204(_developer)

Answer 1

According to http://community.zenoss.org/thread/15807 it is issue with Apple's perl. It it hard to tell, whether presented solution applies to your case as well, but please consider giving it a try.

Answer 2

简单的重启修复了这个问题。