git branch info disappears after submitting a github pull request

[cmsj]

Hello!

I have p10k set up to show git information in my prompt:

I've noticed that after I use the official GitHub command line tool to submit a pull request for a branch, the git part of the prompt disappears:

Is there something I can do/run to collect some useful information about why this might be happening?

[romkatv]

You can try enabling logs with GITSTATUS_LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG in ~/.zshrc and then checking them with less $GITSTATUS_DAEMON_LOG_POWERLEVEL9K.

[cmsj]

thanks. I checked out a branch that breaks it, set that debugging variable, spawned a new zsh and this looks to be the relevant portion of the log:

+_gitstatus_daemon_p9k_:63> HOME=/Users/cmsj /Users/cmsj/.cache/gitstatus/gitstatusd-darwin-x86_64 -G v1.3.1 -s -1 -u -1 -d -1 -c -1 -m -1 -v DEBUG -t 32
[2022-03-30 11:09:00 0000000110499600 INFO src/gitstatus.cc:177] argv[0]: "/Users/cmsj/.cache/gitstatus/gitstatusd-darwin-x86_64"
[2022-03-30 11:09:00 0000000110499600 INFO src/gitstatus.cc:177] argv[1]: "-G"
[2022-03-30 11:09:00 0000000110499600 INFO src/gitstatus.cc:177] argv[2]: "v1.3.1"
[2022-03-30 11:09:00 0000000110499600 INFO src/gitstatus.cc:177] argv[3]: "-s"
[2022-03-30 11:09:00 0000000110499600 INFO src/gitstatus.cc:177] argv[4]: "-1"
[2022-03-30 11:09:00 0000000110499600 INFO src/gitstatus.cc:177] argv[5]: "-u"
[2022-03-30 11:09:00 0000000110499600 INFO src/gitstatus.cc:177] argv[6]: "-1"
[2022-03-30 11:09:00 0000000110499600 INFO src/gitstatus.cc:177] argv[7]: "-d"
[2022-03-30 11:09:00 0000000110499600 INFO src/gitstatus.cc:177] argv[8]: "-1"
[2022-03-30 11:09:00 0000000110499600 INFO src/gitstatus.cc:177] argv[9]: "-c"
[2022-03-30 11:09:00 0000000110499600 INFO src/gitstatus.cc:177] argv[10]: "-1"
[2022-03-30 11:09:00 0000000110499600 INFO src/gitstatus.cc:177] argv[11]: "-m"
[2022-03-30 11:09:00 0000000110499600 INFO src/gitstatus.cc:177] argv[12]: "-1"
[2022-03-30 11:09:00 0000000110499600 INFO src/gitstatus.cc:177] argv[13]: "-v"
[2022-03-30 11:09:00 0000000110499600 INFO src/gitstatus.cc:177] argv[14]: "DEBUG"
[2022-03-30 11:09:00 0000000110499600 INFO src/gitstatus.cc:177] argv[15]: "-t"
[2022-03-30 11:09:00 0000000110499600 INFO src/gitstatus.cc:177] argv[16]: "32"
[2022-03-30 11:09:00 0000000110499600 INFO src/thread_pool.cc:81] Spawning 32 thread(s)
[2022-03-30 11:09:00 0000000110499600 INFO src/gitstatus.cc:192] Processing request: "}hello" for ""
[2022-03-30 11:09:00 0000000110499600 INFO src/response.cc:69] Replying without git status
[2022-03-30 11:09:00 0000000110499600 INFO src/timer.cc:64] Timing for: request: 0.031ms cpu
[2022-03-30 11:09:00 0000000110499600 INFO src/gitstatus.cc:195] Successfully processed request: "}hello" for ""
+_gitstatus_daemon_p9k_:93> [[ -e /private/var/folders/p8/3nv05bxx1p5b2bhp9fdngy1w0000gn/T/gitstatus.POWERLEVEL9K.501.2551.1648634939.1.lock ]]
[2022-03-30 11:09:00 0000000110499600 INFO src/gitstatus.cc:192] Processing request: "1648634940.0264639854 _p9k_vcs_resume 0" for "/Users/cmsj/hacking/hammerspoon/hammerspoon" [no-diff]
[2022-03-30 11:09:00 0000000110499600 INFO src/repo_cache.cc:132] Initializing new repository: "/Users/cmsj/hacking/hammerspoon/hammerspoon/.git/"
[2022-03-30 11:09:00 0000000110499600 ERROR src/git.cc:207] std::strstr(branch, name.c_str()) == branch: 
[2022-03-30 11:09:00 0000700000c75000 INFO src/tag_db.cc:188] Parsing "/Users/cmsj/hacking/hammerspoon/hammerspoon/.git/packed-refs"
[2022-03-30 11:09:00 0000000110499600 INFO src/response.cc:69] Replying without git status
[2022-03-30 11:09:00 0000000110499600 INFO src/timer.cc:64] Timing for: request: 3.339ms cpu
[2022-03-30 11:09:00 0000000110499600 ERROR src/gitstatus.cc:197] Error processing request: "1648634940.0264639854 _p9k_vcs_resume 0" for "/Users/cmsj/hacking/hammerspoon/hammerspoon" [no-diff]
[2022-03-30 11:09:01 0000700000bf2000 INFO src/check_dir_mtime.cc:149] All mtime checks have passes. Enabling untracked cache: "/Users/cmsj/hacking/hammerspoon/hammerspoon/.git/"
[2022-03-30 11:10:06 0000000110499600 INFO src/gitstatus.cc:192] Processing request: "1648635006.5338010788 _p9k_vcs_resume 0" for "/Users/cmsj/hacking/hammerspoon/hammerspoon" [no-diff]
[2022-03-30 11:10:06 0000000110499600 ERROR src/git.cc:207] std::strstr(branch, name.c_str()) == branch: 
[2022-03-30 11:10:06 0000000110499600 INFO src/response.cc:69] Replying without git status
[2022-03-30 11:10:06 0000000110499600 INFO src/timer.cc:64] Timing for: request: 1.33ms cpu
[2022-03-30 11:10:06 0000000110499600 ERROR src/gitstatus.cc:197] Error processing request: "1648635006.5338010788 _p9k_vcs_resume 0" for "/Users/cmsj/hacking/hammerspoon/hammerspoon" [no-diff]

[romkatv]

What's the branch name and what is it tracking?

[cmsj]

❯ gb -vv | grep add-screen-serial
* add-screen-serial                           f11d64b5f [github/add-screen-serial] Preserve binary fields when converting display info to Lua types

Edit: if it's relevant, github is not a remote that I've configured, I assume that's something gh is doing:

❯ grv
cmsj	ssh://git@github.com/cmsj/hammerspoon (fetch)
cmsj	ssh://git@github.com/cmsj/hammerspoon (push)
cp	git@github.com:CommandPost/CommandPost-App (fetch)
cp	git@github.com:CommandPost/CommandPost-App (push)
latenitefilms	https://github.com/latenitefilms/hammerspoon (fetch)
latenitefilms	https://github.com/latenitefilms/hammerspoon (push)
origin	ssh://git@github.com/hammerspoon/hammerspoon (fetch)
origin	ssh://git@github.com/hammerspoon/hammerspoon (push)
origin_https	https://cmsj@github.com/hammerspoon/hammerspoon (fetch)
origin_https	https://cmsj@github.com/hammerspoon/hammerspoon (push)
upstream	git@github.com:hammerspoon/hammerspoon.git (fetch)
upstream	git@github.com:hammerspoon/hammerspoon.git (push)

[romkatv]

So, your branch is tracking a remote branch from a remote that doesn't exist.

Naturally, it would be nice if gitstatusd didn't error out in this case. I should fix that. In the meantime you can work around this problem by adding "github" remote or removing the tracking branch.

[cmsj]

Hmm, I wonder if there is deeper magic at work here. I added a github remote and it didn't improve things, then I noticed:

❯ g config --get-regexp "^branch\\.$(git branch --show-current)\\." | cat
branch.add-screen-serial.remote upstream
branch.add-screen-serial.merge refs/heads/add-screen-serial

which suggests the remote is upstream which existed already. The gitstatusd error is also the same:
[2022-03-30 12:07:50 000000010c4f9600 ERROR src/git.cc:207] std::strstr(branch, name.c_str()) == branch:

If it helps, my workflow is this:

• git checkout -b fix-1234
• Hack some code
• git commit -am "Closes # 1234"
• gh pr create -a "@me" -l "pr-fix" -m "0.9.97"

And it's that final step that does... something to the state of the branch, to confuse gitstatusd.

[romkatv]

The error message in gistatusd says that the name of the remote branch doesn't start with the name of the remote. This checks out: "github/add-screen-serial" does not start with "upstream".

Again, this is something I should fix but it may take a very long time before I do. So I highly recommend finding a workaround.

[faelin]

You can try enabling logs with GITSTATUS_LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG in ~/.zshrc and then checking them with less $GITSTATUS_DAEMON_LOG_POWERLEVEL9K.

Thanks for this, I was able to quickly diagnose an issue in my gitconfig that was breaking my git status segment!