plandex-ai/plandex · error

error getting git history for dir: %s, err: %v

Error message

error getting git history for dir: %s, err: %v

What it means

getLatestCommit: `git log --pretty=...` in the plan repo directory failed, so the latest commit sha/message cannot be read. Usually means the directory is not a git repo, has no commits, or git itself errored.

Source

Thrown at app/server/db/git.go:476

}

func gitRewindToSha(repoDir, sha string) error {
	res, err := exec.Command("git", "-C", repoDir, "reset", "--hard", sha).CombinedOutput()
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("error executing git reset for dir: %s, sha: %s, err: %v, output: %s", repoDir, sha, err, string(res))
	}

	return nil
}

func getLatestCommit(dir string) (sha, body string, err error) {
	var out bytes.Buffer
	cmd := exec.Command("git", "log", "--pretty=%h@@|@@%at@@|@@%B@>>>@")
	cmd.Dir = dir
	cmd.Stdout = &out
	err = cmd.Run()
	if err != nil {
		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("error getting git history for dir: %s, err: %v", dir, err)
	}

	// Process the log output to get it in the desired format.
	history := processGitHistoryOutput(strings.TrimSpace(out.String()))

	first := history[0]

	sha = first[0]
	body = first[1]

	return sha, body, nil
}

func getGitCommitHistory(dir string) (body string, shas []string, err error) {
	var out bytes.Buffer
	cmd := exec.Command("git", "log", "--pretty=%h@@|@@%at@@|@@%B@>>>@")
	cmd.Dir = dir
	cmd.Stdout = &out

View on GitHub (pinned to e2d772072e)

Solutions

1. Confirm the directory contains an initialized git repo with commits
2. Run git log manually in that dir to reproduce
3. Check repo ownership/safe.directory settings

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at app/server/db/git.go:476 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of plandex-ai/plandex@e2d772072e (2026-09-05). Data as JSON: /api/errors/e16ce8481b93f76c. Report an issue: GitHub.