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@groutoutlook
groutoutlook
opened on Aug 24, 2025

Describe the bug
gitui emit errors on some random(?) repo.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Clone anything with Git 2.45+
  2. Try to invoke gitui on it.
  3. See error
$ gitui
invalid path
please run gitui inside of a non-bare git repository

Expected behavior
It should read the path as normal and pop out a TUI.

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Context (please complete the following information):

  • OS/Distro + Version: Windows 11 Pro x86_64 Build 10.0.26200.5761 (25H2)
  • GitUI Version: gitui 0.27.0 2025-01-14 (99f6967)
  • Rust version: Prebuilt on Releases.

Additional context

  1. lazygit can consume that path just fine.
  2. After trying to clone gitui to build locally with rustc version 1.89.0 (29483883e 2025-08-04), I got
Error: unsupported extension name extensions.refstorage; class=Repository (6)
  1. Maybe it's libgit2 error? please look more into it.
  • Found on libgit2 #5332
    • Due to dependent on git2, gitui cant resolve reftable backend, and that's fine for me.

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  1. groutoutlook
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    bugSomething isn't working
    on Aug 24, 2025
  2. groutoutlook
    changed the title [-]BUG: Error invalid path on valid git repo.[/-] [+]BUG: Error invalid path on valid git repo using `reftable` backend.[/+] on Sep 8, 2025

  3. ofek commented on Jun 22, 2026

    @ofek
    ofek
    on Jun 22, 2026

    I'm experiencing the same issue:

    ❯ gitui --version
gitui 0.28.1
❯ gitui
Error: invalid repo path: unsupported extension name extensions.refstorage; class=Repository (6)

  4. groutoutlook commented on Jun 22, 2026

    @groutoutlook
    groutoutlook
    on Jun 22, 2026
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    I'm experiencing the same issue:

    fwiw you can run:

    > git refs migrate --ref-format=files

    to use them atm. the issues are still there but at least doing that make gitui usable

  5. alexandrusorodoc commented on Sep 30, 2026

    @alexandrusorodoc
    alexandrusorodoc
    on Sep 30, 2026

    Hello, any update on this?

  6. groutoutlook commented on Sep 30, 2026

    @groutoutlook
    groutoutlook
    on Sep 30, 2026
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    @alexandrusorodoc you should check out the libgit2 issue link above for more recent update. It's still the major blocker.

  7. ofek commented on Sep 30, 2026

    @ofek
    ofek
    on Sep 30, 2026

    Could we go with this approach?

  8. groutoutlook commented on Sep 30, 2026

    @groutoutlook
    groutoutlook
    on Sep 30, 2026
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    Could we go with this approach?

    you really have to try build git2 on that new HEAD and point local gitui to the new version that you build yourself.

    Personally I will wait or just use other TUI if you cant change the reftable.

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