zed-industries/zed · error

git log failed: {}

Error message

git log failed:
{}

What it means

ensure! guard failing when `git log --full-diff --name-only -z --format=%x1e -- <paths>` exits non-zero while loading per-file commit history. Fires for invalid pathspecs, missing HEAD in an empty repo, or corrupt object data.

Source

Thrown at crates/git/src/repository.rs:3480

                args.push("--fixed-strings");

                if !search_args.case_sensitive {
                    args.push("--regexp-ignore-case");
                }

                args.push("--grep");
                args.push(search_args.query.as_str());
            }

            args.extend(log_source_args.iter().map(|arg| arg.as_ref()));
            let mut command = git.build_command(&args);
            command.stdout(Stdio::piped());
            command.stderr(Stdio::null());

            let mut child = command.spawn()?;
            let stdout = child.stdout.take().context("failed to get stdout")?;
            let mut reader = BufReader::new(stdout);

            let mut line_buffer = String::new();

            loop {
                line_buffer.clear();
                let bytes_read = reader.read_line(&mut line_buffer).await?;

                if bytes_read == 0 {
                    break;
                }

                let sha = line_buffer.trim_end_matches('\n');
                if let Some(hash_query) = hash_query.as_ref()
                    && !sha.to_ascii_lowercase().starts_with(hash_query)
                {
                    continue;
                }

                if let Ok(oid) = Oid::from_str(sha)

View on GitHub (pinned to 5a9b9558db)

Solutions

1. Check git stderr for a bad pathspec or missing revision
2. Handle empty repositories (no commits yet) by returning no history instead of erroring
3. Verify the requested paths exist or existed in the repo
4. Retry after repository state stabilizes (e.g. mid-rebase)

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/git/src/repository.rs:3466 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/f3eaeca01241ca70. Report an issue: GitHub.