Cannot commit to network repo from root directory - libgit2 could not find repository from network path - includes workaround

[glhey]

What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)

• from repo root, git commit to new repo in mapped network drive

What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior)

• files get committed
• ("git add ." did succeed)

What happened instead? (Actual behavior)

• libgit2 error "libgit2 returned: could not find repository from network path"

What's different between what you expected and what actually happened?

• failed to commit files

Anything else you want to add:

• workaround: create subfolder, move into subfolder, re-run git commit - SUCCESS see https://gitlab.com/tortoisegit/tortoisegit/-/issues/2911
• once first commit succeeds, commit from root will succeed.

[System Info] git version: git version 2.34.1.windows.1 cpu: x86_64 built from commit: 2ca94ab318509b3c271e82889938816bad76dfea sizeof-long: 4 sizeof-size_t: 8 shell-path: /bin/sh feature: fsmonitor--daemon uname: Windows 10.0 19043 compiler info: gnuc: 11.2 libc info: no libc information available $SHELL (typically, interactive shell): C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\bash.exe

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[glhey]

Note - having incomplete or non-conforming global user info may be associated.

[rimrul]

libgit2 error "libgit2 returned: could not find repository from network path"

This doesn't sound like a Git for Windows issue. Git for Windows doesn't use libgit2.

commit to new repo in mapped network drive

What kind of network drive?

[glhey]

Using QNAP NAS. Possible an authorization problem, Will continue to explore and advise.

[dscho]

Closing as stale.