Windows Bamboo fail to detect changes from SSH Git repository
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Problem
Bamboo fail to detect changes from SSH Git repository.
The following appears in the atlassian-bamboo.log
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2017-02-18 22:50:39,112 INFO [11-BranchDetectionBackgroundThread:pool-19-thread-1] [DefaultErrorHandler] Recording an error: Repository error while detecting branches for plan PROJ-PLAN. com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.git.GitCommandException: command D:\ProgramFiles\Git\cmd\git.exe ls-remote ssh://d5d7963a-4992-446f-b4f8-02833adbc8f1@127.0.0.1:60245/proj/repo.git failed with code 128. Working directory was [D:\ProgramFiles\Atlassian\ApplicationData\bamboo-home\xml-data\build-dir]., stderr:
1 [main] ssh 4276 D:\ProgramFiles\Git\usr\bin\ssh.exe: *** fatal error - add_item ("\??\D:\ProgramFiles\Git", "/", ...) failed, errno 1
Stack trace:
Frame Function Args
000FFFF9BB0 0018005C24E (0018023F612, 0018021CC39, 000FFFF9BB0, 000FFFF8B30)
000FFFF9BB0 001800464B9 (000FFFFABDE, 000FFFF9BB0, 1D28A3102147699, 00000000000)
000FFFF9BB0 001800464F2 (000FFFF9BB0, 00000000001, 000FFFF9BB0, 505C3A445C3F3F5C)
000FFFF9BB0 001800CAA8B (00000000000, 000FFFFCE00, 001800BA558, 1D28A310B055E99)
000FFFFCC00 00180118745 (00000000000, 00000000000, 001800B2C5E, 00000000000)
000FFFFCCC0 00180046AE5 (00000000000, 00000000000, 00000000000, 00000000000)
00000000000 00180045753 (00000000000, 00000000000, 00000000000, 00000000000)
000FFFFFFF0 00180045804 (00000000000, 00000000000, 00000000000, 00000000000)
End of stack trace
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.Cause
It might be a bug in Git for Windows.
Workaround
Upgrade to the latest Git for Windows
Updated on April 8, 2025
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