Error: undefined setting 'sha'

[mizzunet]

I've been using Gitless for a few days, it working fine, until today an error shows up. Nothing particular in the log tho

This is only thing in the logs

 cat .\github-sync.log
{"timestamp":"2025-06-17T05:48:07.134Z","level":"INFO","message":"Starting sync"}
{"timestamp":"2025-06-17T05:48:08.499Z","level":"INFO","message":"Actions to sync","additional_data":[{"type":"delete_remote","filePath":"zzz_Bin/Templates/Delete Current Line.md"}]}

Edit:

I'm sorry, I just re-setup Gitless after Resetting. I can't reproduce this issue anymore

[mizzunet]

It started occurring again after a few successful sync from desktop and mobile. Yes, I do use Gitless on both desktop and mobile. The errors displays on the desktop only though

Now the log is

{"timestamp":"2025-06-17T06:36:18.038Z","level":"INFO","message":"Starting sync"}
{"timestamp":"2025-06-17T06:36:19.317Z","level":"INFO","message":"Actions to sync","additional_data":[{"type":"download","filePath":"Journals/2025/04-April/2025-04-26.md"},{"type":"download","filePath":"Journals/2025/06-June/2025-06-13.md"},{"type":"download","filePath":"Journals/2025/06-June/2025-06-16.md"},{"type":"download","filePath":"Life Skills/ACCA Plan.md"},{"type":"delete_remote","filePath":"Journals/2025/06-June/2025-06-17.md"},{"type":"download","filePath":"zzz_Bin/Templates/Delete Current Line.md"}]}

Edit:

There's nothing is in the Conflict View anyway

[BitTube]

I also experienced this issue.
It also 'repaired' itself following a reset and re-entry of the repo details.
I did move some notes (on the desktop client) into a folder that was not on the mobile. I noticed that on the mobile and in the git repo when browsed via the web that one of the moved files looked like it was copied, a version remained in the old location and it existed as a copy in the new location.

[dbarnett]

I'm now hitting this constantly... I've tried resetting probably 10 times already and it recovers for a while before it breaks again.

From some of the symptoms I saw I suspect something is getting confused about the path of some files (it often triggers right after trying to move a file into a folder, and seemed like it kept vacillating about the path for one of my files). Even if there's not a full perfect fix, it would be fantastic if there was some way to get it to reset itself that didn't require deleting and recreating from the vault every time.

[dbarnett]

Aha, seems like .DS_Store files are messing it up pretty consistently! There was also a .trash dir that got in there to sync, probably shouldn't, and might've been messing things up. Could the plugin consistently ignore paths it can't/shouldn't handle?

[dbarnett]

Hmm, I see there's already code to skip hidden files:

github-gitless-sync/src/sync-manager.ts

Lines 244 to 249 in 2ebd201

	if (targetPath.split("/").last()?.startsWith(".")) {
	// We must skip hidden files as that creates issues with syncing.
	// This is fine as users can't edit hidden files in Obsidian anyway.
	await this.logger.info("Skipping hidden file", targetPath);
	return;
	}

But somehow .DS_Store files were getting into both my remote repo and my .obsidian/github-sync-metadata.json file... any idea how that could happen?

[BitTube]

I have now hit this issue once more.
This time following a file being moved into a new folder created on my desktop device (macOS).
I checked the repo (via github web).

• No .DS_Store file has made it into the repo
• On the desktop I see not .DS_Store file in the vault
  The sync issue is not impacting MacOS -> iOS syncs for me
  It does not seem to impact iOS -> MacOS syncs

For me, the issue has only surfaced MacOS->Android.
The common factor seems to be when a file is moved on MacOS into a new folder. I will continue to experiment.

[dedestem]

Does anyone know an fix yet?

[dbarnett]

Fix #28 works great for me to fix at least the 'sha' errors!

[ericpberry]

If anyone is interested, I compiled the fix for this since it hasn't made it into the official plugin yet (mentioned above by kj-9 and dedestem, no credit goes to me). It seems to be working fine for me now.

https://github.com/ericpberry/github-gitless-sync/releases/tag/release

[deltaxsingh]

If anyone is interested, I compiled the fix for this since it hasn't made it into the official plugin yet (mentioned above by kj-9 and dedestem, no credit goes to me). It seems to be working fine for me now.

https://github.com/ericpberry/github-gitless-sync/releases/tag/release

Very surprised this has been ongoing for this long. Thanks for your easy fix.