VisualStudio: An error was raised by libgit2. Category = Checkout

Question

I'm using TFS with Git, installed Visual Studio Tools for Git.

I'm trying to pull all commits (5 in total) from TFS, but I get this error below:

An error occurred. Detailed message: An error was raised by libgit2. 
Category = Checkout (MergeConflict).
2 conflicts prevent checkout

How do I resolve this?

error

Deleting \.git\index.lock resolved it for me - Atlassian SourceTree gave me a more meaningful error! fatal: Unable to create '[...snip...]/.git/index.lock': File exists. If no other git process is currently running, this probably means a git process crashed in this repository earlier. Make sure no other git process is running and remove the file manually to continue — rohancragg, Nov 05 '14 at 11:06

score 20 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 19 '13 at 23:02

Sadly, the Visual Studio plugin for Git doesn't display the error messages you need to troubleshoot this problem. (I hope they plan that feature for a later release.)

Try pulling the latest commits using Git Bash or using TortoiseGit. Either of those tools should let you know where your conflicts are.

score 16 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 25 '15 at 06:48

16

To see the error you should run git command line You can find it at Team Emplorer -> Unsynched commits -> Actions -> Open in Command Prompt

Then you should use git pull command

Be careful with credential if you are using visualstudio.com, in this case you must have an alternative login and password for connect to git from command prompt.

edited Jun 25 '15 at 06:48

Micha Wiedenmann

19,979
21
92
137

answered Feb 03 '14 at 19:48

Oleg Krymskyi

171
1
4

'git' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. – Christine Nov 11 '15 at 17:24

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 17 '14 at 10:47

For resolving the issue follow below steps:-

1)Close visual studio.
2)Now Open visual studio without opening any solution..
3)Open team viewer and then go to git home->changes..
4)Then click on commit..
5)Now you will get the unresolved conflicts..
6)Resolve the conflicts and commit..

Problem Resolved :).
Cheers

score 5 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:08

5

This error often occurs when:

You have a proxy on your network:

See some solutions on configuring your git proxy settings here.
or... The git url you are trying to connect to is over 256 characters

edited May 23 '17 at 12:08

Community

1
1

answered Oct 24 '13 at 08:27

Blowsie

40,239
15
88
108

In my case there was a directory more than 256 characters. Thanks yeoman. – Jess Jun 11 '15 at 17:25

Manik Arora · Answer 5 · 2014-09-04T08:35:13.190

1

Visual Studio Tool for Git didn't supported the remote repositories using the SSH protocol, only HTTP and HTTPS were supported but now it supports SSH as well.

See the url on how to resolve this- https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2sharp/issues/255

edited Sep 04 '14 at 08:35

answered Sep 04 '14 at 07:37

Manik Arora

4,702
1
25
48

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Jun 29 '14 at 07:43

0

Got a hint from @Blowsie, in my case, turned off fiddler capturing or similar packet capturing tool.

answered Jun 29 '14 at 07:43

Youngjae

24,352
18
113
198

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 23 '15 at 08:37

I was able to resolve this by doing a pull from Team Explorer in VS 2013 without having any solution open. Just do this one time.

This worked, and since then I haven't seen libgit error for any other solution as well.

This is tested for VS 2012 as well.

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Aug 28 '15 at 04:54

This happens when your incoming fetch conflicts with your uncommitted files. first try to commit the changes you did or undo them. And try to push again. if it doesn't work, the conflict file should be in the Untracked files. Try to find it and delete it. this should work.

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Sep 28 '15 at 08:12

0

Incoming and Outgoing commits in different branches. You must to marge them before sync. I do it in Source Tree, there you can clearly see branching.

answered Sep 28 '15 at 08:12

Vitalik Demko

1
1

score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Feb 07 '17 at 07:10

0

First you need to commit local pending changes in local branch.then pull from master branch. resolved conflicts and push the local changes on master branch

answered Feb 07 '17 at 07:10

Mihir

1

score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Feb 16 '21 at 09:59

1.Try to pull the project from cmd or git-bash by going into your project directory. if this solution is not correct for you.

you might cross your limit of using total users of your account. so try the second one. I got a solution by the second one.

2.This problem needs to increase your User limit in the bitbucket, Otherwise, delete someone's privileges from your list and add another one.

score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Feb 08 '23 at 17:29

0

If it not working you have a second option by using terminal.

Click on 'actions'
choose 'open command prompt '
and execute the command ' git push'

answered Feb 08 '23 at 17:29

Munawar Hassan

27
5

VisualStudio: An error was raised by libgit2. Category = Checkout

12 Answers12

Linked