Remove the lock file handling from the service and let systemd handle it.

services/git-monitor

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ REPO_LOCAL_PATH="/opt/src"
 BRANCH_NAME="develop"
 POLL_INTERVAL=60  # Seconds between checks
 #LOG_FILE="/var/log/git-monitor.log" # Log file for recording actions
-LOCK_FILE="/tmp/git-monitor.lock" # File to prevent multiple instances running concurrently
 IFS="|"
 
 # Functions
@@ -18,21 +17,6 @@ log_message() {
   echo "$timestamp [$level] $message"  # Also print to console (optional)
 }
 
-check_lock() {
-  if [ -f "$LOCK_FILE" ]; then
-    log_message "WARN" "Another instance is already running. Exiting."
-    exit 1
-  fi
-}
-
-create_lock() {
-  touch "$LOCK_FILE"
-}
-
-remove_lock() {
-  rm -f "$LOCK_FILE"
-}
-
 run_after() {
   local after_pull_script=$1
   source $after_pull_script
@@ -83,9 +67,6 @@ check_for_updates() {
 }
 
 # Main Execution
-check_lock
-create_lock
-
 log_message "INFO" "Git monitor started."
 
 initialize_repos
@@ -99,5 +80,3 @@ while true; do
   done < $REPO_URLS
   sleep "$POLL_INTERVAL"
 done
-
-remove_lock # This won't be reached in this infinite loop.  Useful if exiting gracefully.