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[Sanda2003]

The problem

After cloning a repository on the local device, after some time, a message comes up: "Can't find the repository.".

Release version

3.3.11

Operating system

Windows 10

Steps to reproduce the behavior

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Log files

2024-04-22.desktop.production.log

Screenshots

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Additional context

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[steveward]

@Sanda2003 thanks for the issue. This can sometimes happen with larger repositories -- is this repository large in size?

I'm seeing a few errors in the log file:

2024-04-22T08:46:44.972Z - error: [ui] Error performing periodic fetch for 'Sanda2003/DataVisualization'
Error: Could not load commit: '4f8d9291b6db32f2fbbebb4204831422b0e0dc5a'

2024-04-22T08:46:51.713Z - error: [ui] `git show-ref --tags -d` exited with an unexpected code: 128.
stderr:
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

2024-04-22T08:48:45.543Z - error: [ui] Error performing periodic fetch for 'Sanda2003/DataVisualization'
GitError: This is not a git repository.

I'm wondering if there is an underlying issue with your repository. Can you go to Repository > Open in command line and run git fsck to see if it returns any errors in the output?

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