#8264 AssertionError from git branch lock file
A temporary or stale branch lock file can cause this error:
File '/var/local/allura/ForgeGit/forgegit/model/git_repo.py', line 610 in branches
return self._get_refs('branches')
File '/var/local/env-allura/lib/python2.7/site-packages/TimerMiddleware-0.4.4-py2.7.egg/timermiddleware/__init__.py', line 117 in wrapper
return self.run_and_log(func, inst, *args, **kwargs)
File '/var/local/env-allura/lib/python2.7/site-packages/TimerMiddleware-0.4.4-py2.7.egg/timermiddleware/__init__.py', line 126 in run_and_log
return func(*args, **kwargs)
File '/var/local/allura/ForgeGit/forgegit/model/git_repo.py', line 566 in _get_refs
hex_sha = ref.commit.hexsha
File '/var/local/env-allura/lib/python2.7/site-packages/GitPython-2.1.11-py2.7.egg/git/refs/symbolic.py', line 200 in _get_commit
obj = self._get_object()
File '/var/local/env-allura/lib/python2.7/site-packages/GitPython-2.1.11-py2.7.egg/git/refs/symbolic.py', line 193 in _get_object
return Object.new_from_sha(self.repo, hex_to_bin(self.dereference_recursive(self.repo, self.path)))
File '/var/local/env-allura/lib/python2.7/site-packages/GitPython-2.1.11-py2.7.egg/git/refs/symbolic.py', line 135 in dereference_recursive
hexsha, ref_path = cls._get_ref_info(repo, ref_path)
File '/var/local/env-allura/lib/python2.7/site-packages/GitPython-2.1.11-py2.7.egg/git/refs/symbolic.py', line 184 in _get_ref_info
return cls._get_ref_info_helper(repo, ref_path)
File '/var/local/env-allura/lib/python2.7/site-packages/GitPython-2.1.11-py2.7.egg/git/refs/symbolic.py', line 153 in _get_ref_info_helper
assert(len(tokens) != 0)
AssertionError:
A quick fix is to rm refs/heads/foo.lock but it'd be better if we ignored this error.
Fix on branch db/8264
Merged.