New GitHub Desktop continuously issues a error message

Description

I’ve just installed the new GitHub Desktop after using the old GitHub Desktop for years.

This error message

is received after adding an existing repository and whenever I select the repository or change between “Changes” and “History” views

• It is not clear where this option can be set.
• It is also not clear why the new GitHub Desktop issues an error where the old GitHub Desktop works perfectly.

Version

GitHub Desktop version: 1.0.4

OS version: Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.16299.19]

Steps to Reproduce

1. Clone or download https://github.com/IsraelHikingMap/Map
2. Open the repository in the new GitHub Desktop
3. The error message will appear.

Expected behavior: No error should be produced, just like the old GitHub Desktop. In case of a real issue, a proper error message should explain how and where to make the requested change in the settings

Actual behavior: The above error message was received.

Reproduces how often: 100% of the time

Logs

There is nothing I could see in the log file:

2017-10-17T14:10:57.217Z - info: [ui] [AppStore] loading 0 repositories from store
2017-10-17T14:10:58.837Z - info: [ui] [Welcome] no sign in step found. ignoring...
2017-10-17T14:10:58.848Z - info: [ui] [Welcome] no sign in step found. ignoring...
2017-10-17T14:10:59.589Z - info: [ui] [Welcome] no sign in step found. ignoring...
2017-10-17T14:10:59.717Z - warn: [ui] Unknown URL action: unknown - payload: {"name":"unknown","url":"--squirrel-firstrun"}
2017-10-17T14:10:59.954Z - info: [ui] [Welcome] no sign in step found. ignoring...
2017-10-17T14:11:00.644Z - info: [ui] launching: 1.0.4 (Windows 10.0.16299)
2017-10-17T14:11:00.711Z - info: [ui] [Welcome] no sign in step found. ignoring...
2017-10-17T14:11:01.269Z - info: [ui] Executing installGlobalLFSFilter: git lfs install --skip-repo (took 1.283s)
2017-10-17T14:39:10.056Z - info: [ui] [Welcome] advancing to step: ConfigureGit
2017-10-17T14:39:17.944Z - info: [ui] [Welcome] advancing to step: UsageOptOut
2017-10-17T14:39:23.073Z - info: [ui] Opt out reported.
2017-10-17T14:40:29.008Z - info: [ui] [AppStore] adding repository at F:\Users\Steed\Documents\GitHub\IsraelHikingMap\Map to store
2017-10-17T14:40:36.473Z - info: [ui] Executing getChangedFiles: git log d7a11a7c3222ad16bd812372a8cfc4225c6d0fb3 -C -M -m -1 --first-parent --name-status --format=format: -z -- (took 1.351s)
2017-10-17T14:40:37.601Z - info: [ui] Executing getCommitDiff: git log d7a11a7c3222ad16bd812372a8cfc4225c6d0fb3 -m -1 --first-parent --patch-with-raw -z --no-color -- Rules/IsraelHiking.mrules (took 1.126s)
2017-10-17T14:41:44.284Z - info: [ui] [AppStore] adding account zstadler (null) to store
2017-10-17T14:44:12.970Z - info: [ui] [AppStore] loading 0 repositories from store
2017-10-17T14:44:12.974Z - info: [ui] [AppStore] found account: zstadler (null)
2017-10-17T14:44:14.691Z - info: [ui] launching: 1.0.4 (Windows 10.0.16299)
2017-10-17T14:44:37.199Z - info: [ui] [AppStore] adding repository at F:\Users\Steed\Documents\GitHub\IsraelHikingMap\Map to store
2017-10-17T14:44:49.326Z - info: [ui] [AppStore.withAuthenticatingUser] account found for repository: Map - zstadler (has token)
2017-10-17T14:47:39.142Z - info: [ui] [AppStore] loading 1 repositories from store
2017-10-17T14:47:39.145Z - info: [ui] [AppStore] found account: zstadler (null)
2017-10-17T14:47:40.897Z - info: [ui] launching: 1.0.4 (Windows 10.0.16299)
2017-10-17T14:48:58.045Z - info: [ui] Executing getRemotes: git remote -v (took 1.132s)
2017-10-17T14:48:58.046Z - info: [ui] Executing getAuthorIdentity: git var GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT (took 1.119s)
2017-10-17T14:48:58.047Z - info: [ui] Executing getAuthorIdentity: git var GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT (took 1.129s)
2017-10-17T14:48:58.226Z - info: [ui] Executing getRemotes: git remote -v (took 1.302s)
2017-10-17T14:48:58.593Z - info: [ui] Executing getRemotes: git remote -v (took 1.085s)
2017-10-17T14:48:58.593Z - info: [ui] Executing getAuthorIdentity: git var GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT (took 1.082s)
2017-10-17T14:49:01.799Z - info: [ui] Executing fetch: git -c credential.helper= fetch --progress --prune origin (took 3.683s)
2017-10-17T14:51:36.476Z - info: [ui] [AppStore] adding repository at F:\Users\Steed\Documents\GitHub\IsraelHikingMap\Site to store
2017-10-17T14:51:41.304Z - info: [ui] Executing isUsingLFS: git lfs track (took 4.787s)
2017-10-17T14:51:44.449Z - info: [ui] Executing getBranches: git for-each-ref --format=%(refname)%00%(refname:short)%00%(upstream:short)%00%(objectname)%00%(author)%00%(parent)%00%(subject)%00%(body)%00%1F refs/heads refs/remotes (took 3.132s)
2017-10-17T14:51:45.580Z - info: [ui] Executing getStatus: git status --untracked-files=all --branch --porcelain=2 -z (took 4.263s)
2017-10-17T14:51:53.019Z - info: [ui] Executing getRecentBranches: git log -g --no-abbrev-commit --pretty=oneline HEAD -n 2500 -- (took 11.706s)
2017-10-17T14:51:58.705Z - info: [ui] Executing fetch: git -c credential.helper= fetch --progress --prune origin (took 5.523s)
2017-10-17T14:57:03.083Z - info: [ui] Executing fetch: git -c credential.helper= fetch --progress --prune origin (took 1.345s)

Additional Information

None

[tierninho]

I can reproduce this error anytime, but in a slightly different manner. Just clone a directory that is not a git repo, like the default Music or Movies folder on a mac.

The The output from the command could not fit into the allocated stdout buffer. Set options.maxBuffer to a larger value than 10485760 bytes error will pop up like 8x, and the console logs with show an API 404 while trying to fetch an random old, deleted repo “loco-repo”:

[joshaber]

At any rate, this looks like a duplicate of https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/2449 so let’s track it over there.