RStudio hangs on opening certain project

[woodwards]

System details

RStudio Edition : Desktop
RStudio Version : Version 1.1.442 
OS Version      : Windows 10 Enterprise 1607 14393.2068
R Version       :  R version 3.4.4 (2018-03-15) -- "Someone to Lean On"

Steps to reproduce the problem

Open bopsoil.Rproj file either by double clicking in Windows Explorer or from File menu in RStudio.

Describe the problem in detail

RStudio opens Console and R start message appears, Environment and File windows remain greyed out, Console accepts input but does not return answer to > 2+2

Describe the behavior you expected

Project should open. Other projects open normally.

I tried
C:\Users\WoodwardS\Documents\Projects\Pasture_Potential\bopsoil>mv .Rproj.user .Rproj.user.backup
C:\Users\WoodwardS\AppData\Local>mv rstudio-desktop rstudio-desktop-backup

but this did not resolve the issue. The project in question is a Shiny App, which is deployed at
https://woodward-dairynz.shinyapps.io/bysoil4/

[kevinushey]

Does your project have a .git directory? Is that .git directory a hidden folder?

[woodwards]

Yes it does. But not hidden.

[kevinushey]

Does moving the .git directory away temporarily help? Or, does forcing it to be a hidden directory again resolve the issue?

[woodwards]

Yes! Hiding the .git directory seems to have resolved the issue. Thanks!

[woodwards]

Hmm, git won't let me make a commit.

>>> git commit -F C:/Users/WOODWA~1/AppData/Local/Temp/RtmpuUTryR/git-commit-message-2584629112fc.txt
fatal: could not open '.git/COMMIT_EDITMSG': Permission denied

[woodwards]

Unhiding the git dir allowed me to commit.

But now RStudio won't open the project again.

[woodwards]

Solution: I had to delete .git\COMMIT_EDITMSG

[jmcphers]

This issue is tracked in #2141, and has now been fixed in RStudio 1.1.444.

https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/preview/

[woodwards]

Yep seems to be resolved.