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Adam
Adam

Reputation: 2031

Git bash always says the branch is ((unknown)) in all directories

Something very strange happened to GIT on my Windows 7 machine recently. Using GIT bash, if I change to any directory on any hard drive on my computer, I see:

Adam@C-ADAM ~ ((unknown))

Where the ~ is variable depending on the current directory.

If I run git status I get the following output:

flashplayerpluginfatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories):
.git

The clue must be in the flashplayerplugin, however, I've searched for this folder on my computer and I cannot find anything relating to .git.

If I navigate to an actual GIT repository directory on my computer I get:

Adam@C-ADAM /d/WWW/yii-projects/irish-health-pro (flashplayerpluginrefs/heads/ma
ster)

My other guess is that some directory in my $PATH variable might contain a .git directory. However, I've been through these and I cannot find anything obvious:

$ echo $PATH
/c/Users/Adam/bin:.:/usr/local/bin:/mingw/bin:/bin:/c/Python27/:/c/Python27/Scri
pts:/c/Program Files (x86)/NVIDIA Corporation/PhysX/Common:/c/Program Files/Comm
on Files/Microsoft Shared/Windows Live:/c/Windows/system32:/c/Windows:/c/Windows
/System32/Wbem:/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/:/c/EXEs:/c/Program Fi
les (x86)/Microsoft SQL Server/100/Tools/Binn/:/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Se
rver/100/Tools/Binn/:/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/100/DTS/Binn/:/c/xamp
p/apache/bin:/c/xampp/mysql/bin:/c/Program Files (x86)/cwRsync/bin:/c/EXEs:/c/EX
Es/ffmpeg/bin:/c/EXEs/gource:/c/xampp/php:/c/Program Files (x86)/QuickTime/QTSys
tem/:/c/Users/Adam/AppData/Roaming/Python/Scripts:/c/Program Files/Common Files/
Microsoft Shared/Windows Live

I've reinstalled GIT, but it makes no difference.

If I run git gui from any folder I get:

git gui fatal error

Has anyone seen something like this before and knows how to resolve? I cannot use Git at all on this computer any more and I'm desperate to get some work done this weekend!

Edit

As requested:

$ cd; set -x
++ __git_ps1
++ local pcmode=no
++ local detached=no
++ local 'ps1pc_start=\u@\h:\w '
++ local 'ps1pc_end=\$ '
++ local 'printf_format= (%s)'
++ case "$#" in
++ printf_format=' (%s)'
+++ __gitdir
+++ '[' -z '' ']'
+++ '[' -n '' ']'
+++ '[' -n '' ']'
+++ '[' -d .git ']'
+++ git rev-parse --git-dir
++ local g=flashplayerplugin
++ '[' -z flashplayerplugin ']'
++ local r=
++ local b=
++ '[' -f flashplayerplugin/rebase-merge/interactive ']'
++ '[' -d flashplayerplugin/rebase-merge ']'
++ '[' -d flashplayerplugin/rebase-apply ']'
++ '[' -f flashplayerplugin/MERGE_HEAD ']'
++ '[' -f flashplayerplugin/CHERRY_PICK_HEAD ']'
++ '[' -f flashplayerplugin/BISECT_LOG ']'
+++ git symbolic-ref HEAD
++ b=flashplayerplugin
++ detached=yes
++ b=flashplayerplugin
+++ cut -c1-7 flashplayerplugin/HEAD
++ b=...
++ b=unknown
++ b='(unknown)'
++ local w=
++ local i=
++ local s=
++ local u=
++ local c=
++ local p=
+++ git rev-parse --is-inside-git-dir
++ '[' true = flashplayerplugin ']'
+++ git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree
++ '[' true = flashplayerplugin ']'
++ local f=
++ '[' no = yes ']'
++ printf -- ' (%s)' '(unknown)'

Edit

Adding more info as requested:

Adam@C-ADAM ~ ((unknown))
$ set | grep -F GIT
                            case "${GIT_PS1_DESCRIBE_STYLE-}" in
            b="GIT_DIR!";
            if [ -n "${GIT_PS1_SHOWDIRTYSTATE-}" ]; then
            if [ -n "${GIT_PS1_SHOWSTASHSTATE-}" ]; then
            if [ -n "${GIT_PS1_SHOWUNTRACKEDFILES-}" ]; then
            if [ -n "${GIT_PS1_SHOWUPSTREAM-}" ]; then
        if [ -n "${GIT_PS1_SHOWCOLORHINTS-}" ]; then
            GIT_PS1_SHOWUPSTREAM="$value";
            if [[ -z "${GIT_PS1_SHOWUPSTREAM}" ]]; then
for option in ${GIT_PS1_SHOWUPSTREAM};
                upstream=${GIT_SVN_ID:-git-svn};
        if [ -n "${GIT_DIR-}" ]; then
            test -d "${GIT_DIR-}" || return 1;
            echo "$GIT_DIR";
Adam@C-ADAM ~ ((unknown))
$ cat ~/.gitconfig
[user]
    name = Adam xxxx
    email = [email protected]
[diff]
    tool = bc3
[difftool "bc3"]
    path = c:/program files (x86)/beyond compare 3/bcomp.exe
[merge]
    tool = bc3
[mergetool "bc3"]
    path = c:/program files (x86)/beyond compare 3/bcomp.exe
Adam@C-ADAM ~ ((unknown))
$ command -V git
git is hashed (/bin/git)
Adam@C-ADAM ~ ((unknown))
$ git --version
flashplayerplugingit version 1.8.1.msysgit.1
Adam@C-ADAM ~ ((unknown))

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1291

Answers (2)

Richard Hansen
Richard Hansen

Reputation: 54223

Some possibilities:

  • you recently installed Rogue Amoeba Airfoil. See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/15598704/712605
  • Your GIT_DIR environment variable is set to flashplayerplugin. Try running unset GIT_DIR.
  • git invokes a shell function instead of the git utility. Try running unset -f git.
  • git is a shell alias that's doing something funny. Try running unalias git.
  • git is a shell script that's doing something funny.
  • There's filesystem corruption.

If none of those work, you'll need to provide more info. Please update your question with the output of the following commands:

  • set | grep -F GIT
  • cat ~/.gitconfig
  • command -V git
  • git --version

Upvotes: 3

Zombo
Zombo

Reputation: 1

Building off Richard’s answer, I can replicate this by changing the __git_dir variable. For a workaround you can unset this variable.

Steven@STEVEN-PC ~
$ __git_dir=flashplayerplugin

Steven@STEVEN-PC ~ ((unknown))
$ unset __git_dir

Steven@STEVEN-PC ~
$

Upvotes: 1

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