GitPython issues with packed-ref format in Git 2.15+

[pleunv]

As of Git 2.15 GitPython has some issues with the new format of packed-ref headers, resulting in PyGitUp crashing whenever doing a git up.

$ git up
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Pleun\AppData\Local\scoop\apps\python\3.5.1\scripts\git-up-script.py", line 9, in <module>
    load_entry_point('git-up==1.3.0', 'console_scripts', 'git-up')()
  File "c:\users\pleun\appdata\local\scoop\apps\python\3.5.1\lib\site-packages\git_up-1.3.0-py3.5.egg\EGG-INFO\scripts\gitup.py", line 585, in run
    gitup = GitUp()
  File "c:\users\pleun\appdata\local\scoop\apps\python\3.5.1\lib\site-packages\git_up-1.3.0-py3.5.egg\EGG-INFO\scripts\gitup.py", line 147, in __init__
    if not any(b.tracking_branch() for b in self.repo.branches):
  File "C:\Users\Pleun\AppData\Local\scoop\apps\python\3.5.1\lib\site-packages\gitpython-1.0.0-py3.5.egg\git\repo\base.py", line 237, in heads
    return Head.list_items(self)
  File "C:\Users\Pleun\AppData\Local\scoop\apps\python\3.5.1\lib\site-packages\gitpython-1.0.0-py3.5.egg\git\util.py", line 714, in list_items
    out_list.extend(cls.iter_items(repo, *args, **kwargs))
  File "C:\Users\Pleun\AppData\Local\scoop\apps\python\3.5.1\lib\site-packages\gitpython-1.0.0-py3.5.egg\git\refs\symbolic.py", line 594, in _iter_items
    for sha, rela_path in cls._iter_packed_refs(repo):
  File "C:\Users\Pleun\AppData\Local\scoop\apps\python\3.5.1\lib\site-packages\gitpython-1.0.0-py3.5.egg\git\refs\symbolic.py", line 98, in _iter_packed_refs
    raise TypeError("PackingType of packed-Refs not understood: %r" % line)
TypeError: PackingType of packed-Refs not understood: '# pack-refs with: peeled fully-peeled sorted'

See gitpython-developers/GitPython#687 and the PR gitpython-developers/GitPython#689. I'm guessing PyGitUp will need a version bump when a new GitPython version gets released.

[msiemens]

Thanks for the heads-up! I'll keep track of the issue and bump the dependency when GitPython is updated.

[Tatsh]

Until the update comes you can do https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/archive/master.zip. I use a virtualenv so it's no concern to me what happens in it.

[rvanginneken]

Thanks for the heads-up! I'll keep track of the issue and bump the dependency when GitPython is updated.

I think that time is here. I'm now encountering this issue after an apt update on buntu 16.04.

[msiemens]

I think that time is here. I'm now encountering this issue after an apt update on buntu 16.04.

As far as I can see, no new version of GitPython has been released so far. As a workaround installing GitPython from master seems to work:

$ pip install -U git+ssh://git@github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython.git

Can someone confirm this works?

[pleunv]

Confirmed, this works!

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On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 6:21 PM, Markus Siemens ***@***.***> wrote: I think that time is here. I'm now encountering this issue after an apt update on buntu 16.04. As far as I can see, no new version of GitPython has been released so far. As a workaround installing GitPython from master seems to work: $ pip install -U ***@***.***/gitpython-developers/GitPython.git Can someone confirm this works?

[mbenatti]

Here worked with this command: (the comand by @msiemens I got permission denied)

$ sudo pip install -U git+http://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython.git

[tim-mc]

Alternative method:

Clone repo

git clone https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython
cd GitPython
git submodule update --init --recursive
./init-tests-after-clone.sh

Install GitPython

python setup.py install

Install git-up

pip install git-up

[hugovk]

See gitpython-developers/GitPython#704 about a new GitPython release.

[hugovk]

GitPython 2.18 is now out with the fix.

gitpython-developers/GitPython#687 (comment)