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** [tickets:#8264] AssertionError from git branch lock file**
**Status:** in-progress
**Milestone:** unreleased
**Created:** Wed Nov 14, 2018 07:25 PM UTC by Dave Brondsema
**Last Updated:** Wed Nov 14, 2018 07:25 PM UTC
**Owner:** Dave Brondsema
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.
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