"An internal error occurred" when trying to commit to git from eGit in Eclipse - eclipse

[SOLVED] Somehow, I managed to not have "write" permissions to the .git directory. So was trying to write the commit and getting bounced.
I've been using Eclipse for a few months, but had been just running git from the CLI. I decided that was inefficient and that I wanted to use eGit, so I started following this tutorial (http://www.slideshare.net/loianeg/using-the-egit-eclipse-plugin-with-git-hub-2578587?from=embed).
I'm trying to add an existing project, so I did Team-->Share Project-->Git and selected the .git corresponding to my project. Eclipse seems to have picked it up, okay, but when I try to commit, I get a popup saying
"Committing changes has encountered a problem' -- an internal error occured.
When I click details, it say "An internal error occurred
Exception caught during execution of commit command"
...I don't even know where to start on this one. I googled the error and didn't get anything useful.
Anyone know how to fix this, or at least how to start debugging?


I've solved my case removing index.lock file from the git folder of the project.


start debugging?
Check the "Errors" Eclipse view for a full Stack Trace associate with that error message
Example of an Error View:
fix it?
If the Exception is a NPE one (NullPointerException), like shown in bug 329611, then you can try a git commit -m "a message" in a shell, in order to get past that initial first commit with a GUI.
As the OP rogueleaderr mentions, the error view and the exact stack trace behind the exception was enough:
Somehow, I managed to not have "write" permissions to the .git directory.
So was trying to write the commit and getting bounced.


I face this problem too, Error tab doesn't show anything more.
So I use GitExtension to commit instead, problem solved.
Using parallel eGit and GitExtension to keep tracking a local git repo is a good idea. It's update runtime on both Eclipse and GitExtension when we make change on each.


I faced this problem. I delete the .git folder and .gitignore file push to upstream it works correctly.


I had this same issue. I resolved it by committing manually from terminal using (in this order):
git add . then git commit and lastly, git push from the local repo directory.


I faced similar problem, It was resolved after deleting index.lock file in .git\ folder.

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eclipse errors when try to change to master git branch

When I try to switch to the master branch in eclipse, I get an error:
Branch failed
Cannot lock /home/pal/workspace/pal-prod/.git/index
Any ideas what causes this? I'm having trouble searching for that error (nothing similar came up).
I'm not sure if my VM has size issues, or why it can't lock that.
I am currently in branch Bom. Eclipse says pal-prod [pal-prod Bom up arror 2] in the Project Explorer. I recently pushed changes through the linux command line since I have been having error messages in eclipse when I try to push, commit, etc.
Thanks,
Mich

Read this issue and try the solution if the problem description is the same as your :
Solution is to delete index.lock if it exist (when eclipse is shutdown and no other process interact with the repo)
.lock files are created when a process use the repository, so my guess would be that a .lock file wasn't deleted properly and Egit still think it's busy.

How to fix the pushing rejected and asked to pull when pulling results in "everything is up to date"?

Using EGit with Eclipse when I try to push my code into the remote repository I get an error message saying that I should pull first, as shown in Figure 1.
When I then try to pull from the remote repository I get a message saying that everything is up to date, as shown in Figure 2.
How do I fix this problem?

Make sure that:
you are using the latest version of EGit (2.3+)
you have stashed/commit everything before pulling (as in this thread)
you are not in a detached head mode (as in "can't push upstream using EGit")
The OP Krige adds:
in the end I noticed a class file was mentioned in the DIRTY_WORKTREE error message.
I deleted that file from the file system, did a pull, resolved the conflicts and pushed.
Everything seems to work fine now.

If you have the DIRTY_WORKTREE issue and you are not able to delete the file (for whatever reasons), you should do a pull, or replace with HEAD and then add to Index. This will resolve the conflicts (assuming use of the merge tool) and you should then be able to commit/push your changes, or else pull again.

Github windows: Commit failed: Failed to create a new commit

I have: http://windows.github.com/
My current project has around 20k files, around 150MB (and not speaking about how slow it is and I cannot do a thing now) it doesn't even let me commit! I get this error: Commit failed: Failed to create a new commit.
That seems that nobody is having.
I've already deleted the folder and cloned again, no escape. What to do?
If I choose to open shell, all this *** crashes!
Edit:
Since the problem I've switched to Git Extensions and I didn't look back!
thanks for your answers

This happened to me. Try opening up PowerShell and manually committing each file using the "git add [file name]" command. To see which files have been added, enter "git status" into the command line. The green files have been added, the red ones have not been added.
Once you've added them all, type "git commit." Then go back to Github for Windows and sync it up.
I'm not sure what causes this issue, but once I followed the above steps, Github went back to its normal, awesome behavior.

I had this problem too after an unexpected crash. I couldn't fix using the 'Open Shell' option as suggested. I had to open the Windows CLI (Start -> run -> cmd) and delete the index.lock file in my GitHub folder:
cd \Users\myUser\my\local\github\repo
cd .git
del index.lock
Then when I went back to the GitHub app, it committed successfully.
Note that for some people, according to comments, the file to delete doesn't have the .lock extension, so the delete command could also be del index.

Im using Githug for Windows (7) and faced the same problem. While using PowerShell I realized that I didn't fill Full Name and email address in tools > options. Look like a beginner mistake (and I am!).
hope it helps!

just try to commit a few from your updates. 5 for example. and then make another commit with all other updates.

I am using windows client and getting the same error. Then suddenly I realized that my local db in app_data was opened on the SQL management. It just simply can't commit the some files to github if they are opened or using at the other programs.
Just disconnected management studio closed it and just simply committed.
This may be your case also. Check your files out!

So guys this is the full steps I had to take in order to fix the problem...
1) Using Process Explorer (you can download it form here http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx) I searched for any process referencing ".git\index" and then I killed it.
2)Then using Git Shell (Windows Power Shell) I went into the repository which was giving me such difficulty and then furthermore went into its .git folder. (cd .\your_respository_name\.git). I then removed the index.lock file in that directory (rm -r index.lock).
3)Then from within that same directory I ran git reset HEAD.
4)Then I manually committed each file using the "git add [file_name]" comand. (You can check that they were added successfully if when you run git status, the files are green.
5)Next run git commit if your files are added correctly.
6)Finally go back to github for windows and sync everything up and it should hopefully work and resolve the problem.

This issue seems to be a bug in the github client - I get it "all the time" on the machine on which i only installed the github client.
I Never saw it on the git + github PC (I have not used it for a few days now).
Doing the "git add ." and then "git commit" worked for me also on the shell - but that is the thing the GUI should be doing not me - otherwise I can just stick to the git shell client.

Had the same problem, couldn't commit or sync using the windows GUI, but I could commit the changes through the shell. Once I'd added the changes through the shell the windows GUI started to sync normally. Hopefully it's a one off.

I had an interesting issue - even though I had an excel file open called "Combined - ForImportv4.xlsm", Git UI had no problem checking that in but it gave the error in the OP's subject for the backup file "~$Combined - ForImportv4.xlsm" so I discarded that change and all went through.
PS: As for why i'm checking an Excel file into Git ... just don't got there :)...

I had this issue with the git windows desktop commit tool. I was getting this often and I figured out that Visual Studios was locking the files. To get around this issue I simply closed visual studio and the commit / sync worked fine.

I googled failed to create repository and ended up here.
My problem was that the description for my new repo was too long. There is a charlimit for the description, but GitHub tried to push it anyway and failed.

I just had the same problem, tried some of the suggestions on this post but none worked so what i did was, on the GiTHub client i went to tools -> settings and then click on the section where it says add/create default ignored files. Then hit Update and try to commit again through the client.

It happend to me when my project was opened in an IDE (Netbeans in my case), make sure non of the files you're about to commit isn't open in some program.

I checked the log file at C:\Users{user}\AppData\Local\GitHub\TheLog.txt and found this error:
LibGit2Sharp.LibGit2SharpException:
Could not open 'SomePath\SomeProject.opensdf':
The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.
I closed Visual Studio and the commit was then created successfully.
n.b. I removed actual file path in the above error.

If you are new user make sure that you have confirmed your e-mail. Had same problem and confirmation fixed it!

You can manually navigate to index.lock which is found inside the hidden .git folder of your repository location. Once you delete index.lock you will be able to commit as per usual.
The easiest way to navigate to the folder will be to click on the folder breadcrumbs inside windows explorer and add \.git and press enter.

Just delete 'index.lock' in the '/.git/' directory. Solved the problem for me instantly.

I had this happen to me and this is the easiest way to fix it:
Make a copy of your local folder that has the repo and remove the .git folder form it.
Delete the original repo folder with files.
Re-clone the repo from GitHub with the Windows client.
Delete all of the files that get cloned except for the .git folder.
Copy all files from the copied folder into the new clone folder.
Add in your commit notes and the commit should work this time.

I had the same problem and I fixed it by renaming one of the file because its name was too long. This fixed the problem.
Here is error message from git shell:
fatal: unable to stat 'plugins/com.napolitano.cordova.plugin.intent/example/app/platforms/android/CordovaLib/build/intermediates/classes/debug/org/apache/cordova/NativeToJsMessageQueue$OnlineEventsBridgeMode$OnlineEventsBridgeModeDelegate.class': Filename too long

I REBOOTED my Windows 7 machine and tried again - IT WORKED!
I had the "Commit failed: Failed to create a new commit" and tried to delete the index or index.lock file via windows command prompt and that didn't work. I deleted it via windows explorer, that didn't work.
I tried to check credentials like another reply in this list said, but couldn't figure it out and the credentials seemed 'ok.' So - I rebooted. Viola.
I'm not sure this will help anyone, I'm not all that great w/ this stuff, but trying.

I deleted ".git" in children directory and the problem was resolved.

It happened to me once ,I had a empty repository inside of the repository that I cloned.
It was a silly mistake though but could happen .

How do I push to Git Repo given the following error: An internal Exception occurred during push: ssh://git#github.com/xxx/xxx.git: session is down

I recently set up a github account to store the source code of a project I have been working on.
I am using egit eclipse plugin to push changes to github.
I successfully pushed the initial code and 2 subsequent changes. However when I attempted to push the third change I was not able. The following excepiton appears in the eclipse error log.
If someone could tell me the cause of this error, or tell me how I can go about debugging the problem it would be a great help.
org.eclipse.jgit.api.errors.JGitInternalException: Exception caught during execution of push command
at org.eclipse.jgit.api.PushCommand.call(PushCommand.java:156)
at org.eclipse.egit.core.op.PushOperation.run(PushOperation.java:227)
at org.eclipse.egit.ui.internal.push.PushOperationUI.execute(PushOperationUI.java:145)
at org.eclipse.egit.ui.internal.push.PushOperationUI$1.run(PushOperationUI.java:202)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:54)
Caused by: org.eclipse.jgit.errors.TransportException: ssh://git#github.com/xxx/xxx.git: session is down
at org.eclipse.jgit.transport.JschSession$JschProcess.<init>(JschSession.java:154)
at org.eclipse.jgit.transport.JschSession$JschProcess.<init>(JschSession.java:118)
at org.eclipse.jgit.transport.JschSession.exec(JschSession.java:91)
at org.eclipse.jgit.transport.TransportGitSsh$SshPushConnection.<init>(TransportGitSsh.java:306)
at org.eclipse.jgit.transport.TransportGitSsh.openPush(TransportGitSsh.java:152)
at org.eclipse.jgit.transport.PushProcess.execute(PushProcess.java:130)
at org.eclipse.jgit.transport.Transport.push(Transport.java:1120)
at org.eclipse.jgit.api.PushCommand.call(PushCommand.java:152)
... 4 more
Caused by: com.jcraft.jsch.JSchException: session is down
at com.jcraft.jsch.Session.openChannel(Session.java:750)
at org.eclipse.jgit.transport.JschSession$JschProcess.<init>(JschSession.java:147)
... 11 more

I experienced the same issue. Resolution follows:
Delete origin push and fetch in remote(Eclipse view --> Git repositories).
Close Eclipse.
Go to .ssh folder(Users/.ssh) and delete the key files(public and private).
Start eclipse and regenerate the keys(Window --> Preferences --> General tab --> Network connections --> SSH2).
Copy the key and add it to github/SSH Keys
In Eclipse add new remote and push.
Edit
You may not need to delete all the key files. If you have already added a key file previously (perhaps while setting up native Git), you can just add the name of that file in list of keys, and it will work.

This seemed to work for me:
Do everything Firoz and Nishant say except push: https://stackoverflow.com/a/9889350
Create or edit the following file on your desktop:
File : ~/.ssh/config
Content :
Host github.com
User [your_github_username]
Hostname github.com
PreferredAuthentications publickey
IdentityFile [path_to_private_key]
In your Eclipse Git Setup for your project do the following:
URI : git#github.com:[repo_owner_username]/[repo_name].git
Protocol : ssh
Username : git
Password : [leave_blank]
Save and push.
See this GitHub SSH Help page for useful info: http://help.github.com/ssh-issues/
Worked for me after initially suffering through "session is down" and "cannot open git-upload-pack" errors. Hope it helps everyone else too.
Good luck!

I faced the same problem and I found out solution which is extremely foolish.
I took following steps:
I logged into git repository of my project from browser and didn't sign out.
I copied the http url to push or pull from project repository from github.
I pasted the url in my eclipse plugin while pushing code (didn't use the already stored one even though both of them were same)
I don't know what and why but above steps have worked for me whenever I have faced above problem. I don't know why does eclipse throw such exceptions and why does it gets solved this way.
You can also try pushing using other ways outside of eclipse. for eg. `TortoiseGit` or `SmartGit` etc.

I had the same problem. I fixed it by pointing the JAVA_HOME variable to jdk 6. It was originally pointing to jdk 5.

I got this error message and it was fixed when one of my co-workers emailed me the two files id_rsa and id_rsa (MS Pub doc), I put them in C:Users\[userID]\.ssh, and shut down and restarted my IDE.

I had this issue with EGit and solved it at last. Somehow sometimes things get messed up. If you can not solve it through Eclipse just go to your "git" folder with git bash with Windows. With Linux it is even easier: just open the terminal.
This problem occurs because of username, password, and ssh keys getting messed up.
So, use the commands "git remote show origin" and make sure if the origin is username#github.com...... Sometimes Eclipse just puts "git" as a username so make sure you have the correct user name by changing it with the command git remote set-url origin https://usrname#github.com/restofthe url. It should automatically change the configurations in eclipse.
Best...

I also had this issue.
The following command in Git Bash, comes handy in such scenarios: git remote prune origin
This configured the Pull/Push in the corrupted branch.

Committing failed from Egit eclipse

I am trying to commit my stuff to github from eclipse on ubuntu. But I get the message:
Committing changes has encountered a problem.
Committing failed
Prepairing trees /var/www/project/public/.htaccess.save (permission denied)
I don't know how to solve this problem.
Can anyone help me?

It seems a simple Access Right issue, as seen in other instances.
Maybe .htaccess.save is part of your Git repository, while in fact it shouldn't?
If that is the case, you could
first git rm it (after saving it), and commit a new revision without that directory
add the directory to your .gitignore file
restore the .htaccess.save directory.
try to push to GitHub.