TypeError: PackingType of packed-Refs not understood

[samuelcole]

legit broke with git version 2.15.0

$ git sync
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/legit", line 11, in <module>
    load_entry_point('legit==0.4.1', 'console_scripts', 'legit')()
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/legit/0.4.1/libexec/lib/python2.7/site-packages/legit/cli.py", line 48, in main
    command.__call__(args)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/legit/0.4.1/libexec/lib/python2.7/site-packages/legit/cli.py", line 502, in __call__
    return self.fn(*args, **kw_args)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/legit/0.4.1/libexec/lib/python2.7/site-packages/legit/cli.py", line 204, in cmd_sync
    if branch in get_branch_names(local=False):
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/legit/0.4.1/libexec/lib/python2.7/site-packages/legit/scm.py", line 290, in get_branch_names
    branches = get_branches(local=local, remote_branches=remote_branches)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/legit/0.4.1/libexec/lib/python2.7/site-packages/legit/scm.py", line 265, in get_branches
    for b in remote.refs:
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/legit/0.4.1/libexec/lib/python2.7/site-packages/git/remote.py", line 527, in refs
    out_refs.extend(RemoteReference.list_items(self.repo, remote=self.name))
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/legit/0.4.1/libexec/lib/python2.7/site-packages/git/util.py", line 932, in list_items
    out_list.extend(cls.iter_items(repo, *args, **kwargs))
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/legit/0.4.1/libexec/lib/python2.7/site-packages/git/refs/symbolic.py", line 592, in _iter_items
    for sha, rela_path in cls._iter_packed_refs(repo):  # @UnusedVariable
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/legit/0.4.1/libexec/lib/python2.7/site-packages/git/refs/symbolic.py", line 92, 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'

[weakish]

Cannot reproduce this on my machine.
Have you tried the 2.15.0 version released on Nov. 8?
Can you specify your legit and os version?

My setup:

• git 2.15.0
• legit both v0.4.1 (installed with pip install legit) and 325dd22
• osx 10.12.6

[samuelcole]

Is it not this? gitpython-developers/GitPython#689

I assumed you would just need to wait for a new GitPython release, and update the dependency.

[intentionally-left-nil]

I can confirm that manually applying the patch that @samuelcole mentioned above fixes the issue.
Git 2.15.0
legit v0.4.1 (via brew install)

[reneruiz]

Does this require a legit update or do I need to do something locally to fix it?

[Tatsh]

Until the update comes you can do https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/archive/master.zip. I was affected by this with https://github.com/msiemens/PyGitUp .

[weakish]

@reneruiz You can just update PyGitUp to master at now. After a new release of PyGitUp coming out, I will update the dependency list of legit.

[kennethreitz]

I was just hit by this. I'll try to get a release out the door.

[kennethreitz]

Oh, I see what's going on now.

I confirm that the patch mentioned above fixes the issue.

[miketheman]

This appears to be fixed in the GitPython 2.1.8 version, as discussed here: gitpython-developers/GitPython#687

[reneruiz]

Legit still doesn't work for me. It seems some of you have updated the GitPython dependency locally, but I have no idea how to do that. Any chance of a new release to fix this?

[weakish]

@reneruiz Have you tried installing legit from github repository (the develop branch)?

[reneruiz]

Unfortunately not, I installed legit through brew. Could you provide instructions on how to install from the develop branch?

[weakish]

@reneruiz Just updated README, added instructions. See 246ec45