plandex-ai/plandex · error

error committing changes: %v

Error message

error committing changes: %v

What it means

Returned by UpdateContextHandler (plans_context.go) when repo.GitAddAndCommit(branchName, updateRes.Msg) fails after db.UpdateContexts succeeded and token limits were not exceeded. The context update was persisted to the DB but the git commit recording the change on the plan branch failed, so the client gets HTTP 500 'Error error updating contexts'.

Source

Thrown at app/server/handlers/plans_context.go:281

		updateRes, err = db.UpdateContexts(db.UpdateContextsParams{
			Req:        &requestBody,
			OrgId:      auth.OrgId,
			Plan:       plan,
			BranchName: branchName,
		})

		if err != nil {
			return err
		}

		if updateRes.MaxTokensExceeded {
			return nil
		}

		err = repo.GitAddAndCommit(branchName, updateRes.Msg)

		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("error committing changes: %v", err)
		}

		return nil
	})

	if err != nil {
		log.Printf("Error error updating contexts: %v\n", err)
		http.Error(w, "Error error updating contexts: "+err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
		return
	}

	if updateRes.MaxTokensExceeded {
		log.Printf("The total number of tokens (%d) exceeds the maximum allowed (%d)", updateRes.TotalTokens, updateRes.MaxTokens)
		bytes, err := json.Marshal(updateRes)

		if err != nil {
			log.Printf("Error marshalling response: %v\n", err)
			http.Error(w, "Error marshalling response: "+err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)

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Solutions

1. Read the wrapped git error for the specific git failure
2. Allow empty commits or skip committing when there is no diff
3. Clear stale .git/index.lock and check repo dir permissions
4. Retry the update; ClearRepoOnErr will rebuild a broken repo clone

if updateRes == nil || updateRes.Msg == "" {
    return errors.New("no commit message produced by UpdateContexts; skipping commit")
}
if _, err := os.Stat(repoWorkdir + "/.git"); err != nil {
    return fmt.Errorf("plan repo missing: %w", err)
}

err := repo.GitAddAndCommit(branchName, updateRes.Msg)
if err != nil {
    if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "nothing to commit") {
        return nil
    }
    return fmt.Errorf("error committing changes: %w", err)
}

When it happens

Trigger: Adding/updating plan contexts when the resulting git commit cannot be made: nothing changed in the working tree, git index lock present, unconfigured git identity, or repo clone missing.

Common situations: Context content change that produces no file diff (e.g. metadata-only update); concurrent context updates racing; disk or permission problems on repo storage.

Related errors

• error committing files to git repository for dir: %s, err: %
• error committing files to git repository for dir: %s, err: %
• error committing plan: %v
• error committing rejected changes: %v
• error getting git root: %s

AI-assisted analysis of plandex-ai/plandex@e2d772072e (2026-09-05). Data as JSON: /api/errors/27aaeb023f8f4d73. Report an issue: GitHub.