Error: EMFILE

[amadanmath]

OS X default for the file descriptor ulimit is 256 (which is really, really low). So I'm running out of file descriptors pretty much if I as much as scroll the screen once.

It mostly happens at git.js, from holding input and output descriptors to child_process. I suppose it would help if you could wrap the git spawning in an async.queue, in order to keep the simultaneous execution down.

[amboy00]

I may be getting the same error. This is happening in both small and large repos.

child_process.js:927 throw errnoException(process._errno, 'spawn'); ^ Error: spawn EMFILE at errnoException (child_process.js:980:11) at ChildProcess.spawn (child_process.js:927:11) at exports.spawn (child_process.js:715:9) at Object.exports.execFile (child_process.js:607:15) at Object.exports.exec (child_process.js:578:18) at /usr/local/share/npm/lib/node_modules/ungit/source/git.js:12:31 at Object.q.process as _onImmediate at processImmediate as _immediateCallback

[FredrikNoren]

Should be solved with 0.1.6, please re-open if it still occurs.

[DaleLJefferson]

I've just installed 0.1.6 and I seem to be getting the same issue. I have a fairly large git repo.

error: Error: EMFILE, open '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/ungit/public/images/branchIcon.png'

child_process.js:927 throw errnoException(process._errno, 'spawn'); ^ Error: spawn EMFILE at errnoException (child_process.js:980:11) at ChildProcess.spawn (child_process.js:927:11) at exports.spawn (child_process.js:715:9) at Object.exports.execFile (child_process.js:607:15) at Object.exports.exec (child_process.js:578:18) at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ungit/source/git.js:12:31 at Object.q.process as _onImmediate at processImmediate as _immediateCallback ungit can't start, see logs for more information.

[sontl]

I have the same issue

info: GET /images/shadowArrowRight.png info: GET /images/blueArrowRight.png

child_process.js:927 throw errnoException(process._errno, 'spawn'); ^ Error: spawn EMFILE at errnoException (child_process.js:980:11) at ChildProcess.spawn (child_process.js:927:11) at exports.spawn (child_process.js:715:9) at Object.exports.execFile (child_process.js:607:15) at Object.exports.exec (child_process.js:578:18) at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ungit/source/git.js:12:31 at Object.q.process as _onImmediate at processImmediate as _immediateCallback info: socket.io started info: Listening on port 8448

Ungit started

info: handshake authorized

[ghost]

I get the same error:

info: GET /api/diff?file=somefile&path=somepath

child_process.js:927
    throw errnoException(process._errno, 'spawn');
          ^
Error: spawn EMFILE
    at errnoException (child_process.js:980:11)
    at ChildProcess.spawn (child_process.js:927:11)
    at exports.spawn (child_process.js:715:9)
    at Object.exports.execFile (child_process.js:607:15)
    at Object.exports.exec (child_process.js:578:18)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ungit/source/git.js:12:31
    at Object.q.process [as _onImmediate] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/ungit/node_modules/async/lib/async.js:728:21)
    at processImmediate [as _immediateCallback] (timers.js:330:15)
info: socket.io started
info: Listening on port 8448
## Ungit started ##

It occours (maybe not exclusively and definitely not always) right after I klick on a changed file to view the differences. On my fifth try everything worked like expected.

Not a problem for me anymore, but maybe it helps you fix the bug.

[xMythicx]

It seems Mac OSX limits file descriptors to 256 as stated by amadanmath you can get around this issues by increasing the limit by issuing this command in terminal "ulimit -n 1024" with out the quotes of course. This is of course just a quick fix to the problem and not a solution. If you decide to change OSX limit for testing purposes I would recommend setting them back to 256 once your done testing.