An internal error caused this command to fail. Please file a bug report at https://github.com/isomorphic-git/isomorphic-git/issues with this error message: Index file is empty (.git/index)

[Esma-De]

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Summary

When I tried to retrieve or deploy to my sandbox I had this error 'An internal error caused this command to fail. Please file a bug report at https://github.com/isomorphic-git/isomorphic-git/issues with this error message: Index file is empty (.git/index) '

For this org I also had an error "Metadata API request failed: EBUSY: resource busy or locked, open '.sf\org\00D3H0000000PELUA2\localSourceTracking\index'

When I connected my trailhead org and retrieved and deployed there it worked with no error.

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Expected result

Actual result

System Information

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Additional information

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[github-actions]

Hello @Esma-De 👋 It looks like you didn't include the full Salesforce CLI version information in your issue.
Please provide the output of version --verbose --json for the CLI you're using (sf or sfdx).

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• Try running the doctor command to diagnose common issues.
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Thank you!

[mshanemc]

@Esma-De I can't tell from your issue what CLI command you're running.

[bjconover]

I have ran into this issue before as well. The way that I was able to start pushing/pulling files from Salesforce again was by going to the .sf\orgs(Org ID)\localSourceTracking\index and renaming the index file to a different name. Once I did that I reattempted the send and it created a new index file for me.

[tomansley]

I have ran into this issue before as well. The way that I was able to start pushing/pulling files from Salesforce again was by going to the .sf\orgs(Org ID)\localSourceTracking\index and renaming the index file to a different name. Once I did that I reattempted the send and it created a new index file for me.

@bjconover how did you know to do that? Your solution worked for me. Nice job!

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[Faaiz26]

I have ran into this issue before as well. The way that I was able to start pushing/pulling files from Salesforce again was by going to the .sf\orgs(Org ID)\localSourceTracking\index and renaming the index file to a different name. Once I did that I reattempted the send and it created a new index file for me.

your solution works for me , thanks