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Any time I run git commit I get the following error:

error: git-seekret died of signal 9

This error occurs no matter what changes I am committing, small or large. It happens on all repos on my machine, a MacBook Pro running Ventura. It happens with all variations of the command, like git commit -a or git commit filename. It started happening randomly one day for no reason I can discern. Other git commands still work fine.

Here on StackOverflow and a few other places, people have asked about similar errors in connection to unusually large commits. None of the suggested fixes worked for me. My error occurs with a commit as small as a single character.

The menacing phrase "died of signal 9" appears to refer to the *nix kill signal. I am not sure what would be sending this signal. A lack of RAM is one possible cause but my MacBook's activity monitor shows a few gigs unused.

I don't know much about git-seekret nor why its running. It appears to no longer be maintained. There aren't clear instructions on how to remove it.

The command which git returns git: aliased to hub. I have reinstalled hub; this didn't fix it.

What other avenues can I explore?

John Skiles Skinner
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