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git stderr ('not a git repository') leaks to terminal when working outside a repo #1
Description
Symptom
Running pify/yolo in a folder that is not a git repository prints git fatal messages to the terminal:
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
This happens on every risky bash/powershell command and on /yolo rewind because git is called without suppressing stderr. The extension already catches the error (gitHead returns null; decideCheckpoint returns {failed:true}), but stderr still leaks.
Fix
Pass stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "ignore"] to the 5 execFileSync("git", ...) calls in extensions/yolo.ts (gitHead, gitCheckpoint runGit + update-ref, releaseRefs, /yolo rewind restore). Stdout keeps working; only stderr is silenced.
A PR with the same fix is proposed in #2
Activity
chore(yolo): release 0.16.2 — silence git stderr outside a repo (#1)
hypnguyen1209 commentedon Nov 2, 2026
Fixed in 0.16.2 via #2. All five
execFileSync("git", …)calls now passstdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "ignore"], so git'sfatal: not a git repositoryno longer leaks to the terminal outside a repo — on risky commands or/yolo rewind. Thanks for the clear report and the fix.