zed-industries/zed · error

Failed to unstage: {}

Error message

Failed to unstage:
{}

What it means

ensure! guard failing when `git update-index --force-remove -- <path>` exits non-zero while trying to unstage a file by removing it from the index. Fires when the path is not in the index, the index is locked/corrupt, or git rejects the operation.

Source

Thrown at crates/git/src/repository.rs:1677

                let path = PathBuf::from(&raw_path);
                let path = if let Some(path) = raw_path.strip_prefix("~/") {
                    paths::home_dir().join(path)
                } else if path.is_relative() {
                    working_directory.join(path)
                } else {
                    path
                };

                let template = match std::fs::read_to_string(&path) {
                    Ok(s) if !s.trim().is_empty() => Some(s),
                    Err(err) => {
                        log::warn!("failed to read commit template {}: {}", path.display(), err);
                        None
                    }
                    _ => None,
                };

                Ok(template.map(|template| GitCommitTemplate { template }))
            })
            .boxed()
    }

    fn set_index_text(
        &self,
        path: RepoPath,
        content: Option<Vec<u8>>,
        env: Arc<HashMap<String, String>>,
        is_executable: bool,
    ) -> BoxFuture<'_, anyhow::Result<()>> {
        let git = self.git_binary();
        self.executor
            .spawn(async move {
                let mode = if is_executable { "100755" } else { "100644" };

                if let Some(content) = content {

View on GitHub (pinned to 5a9b9558db)

Solutions

1. Read git's stderr from the error to see the concrete failure
2. Check for a stale .git/index.lock file and remove it
3. Verify the path exists in the index via `git ls-files`
4. Fall back to `git restore --staged <path>` if update-index keeps failing

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/git/src/repository.rs:1666 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of zed-industries/zed@5a9b9558db (2026-08-20). Data as JSON: /api/errors/77a04410e30474e8. Report an issue: GitHub.