There are uncommitted changes on current branch. Please comm

Error message

There are uncommitted changes on current branch. Please commit them before merging.

What it means

Error "There are uncommitted changes on current branch. Please commit them before merging." thrown in Kong/insomnia.

Source

Thrown at packages/insomnia/src/sync/git/git-vcs.ts:1897

    await git.commit({
      ...this._baseOpts,
      message: commitMessage,
      parent: commitParent,
    });
  }

  async merge({
    theirsBranch,
    allowUncommittedChangesBeforeMerge = false,
  }: {
    theirsBranch: string;
    allowUncommittedChangesBeforeMerge?: boolean;
  }) {
    if (!allowUncommittedChangesBeforeMerge) {
      const hasUncommittedChanges = await this.hasUncommittedChanges();
      if (hasUncommittedChanges) {
        throw new Error('There are uncommitted changes on current branch. Please commit them before merging.');
      }
    }
    const oursBranch = await this.getCurrentBranch();
    console.log(`[git] Merge ${oursBranch} <-- ${theirsBranch}`);
    const writeFileMap = {};
    if (
      'startCollectWriteAction' in this._baseOpts.fs &&
      typeof this._baseOpts.fs.startCollectWriteAction === 'function'
    ) {
      this._baseOpts.fs.startCollectWriteAction(writeFileMap);
    }
    return git
      .merge({
        ...this._baseOpts,
        ours: oursBranch,
        theirs: theirsBranch,
        abortOnConflict: false,
      })

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/insomnia/src/sync/git/git-vcs.ts:1897 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of Kong/insomnia@d9bb2b0142 (2026-08-26). Data as JSON: /api/errors/cc158d84f9f2734a. Report an issue: GitHub.