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git submodule "fatal: repository not found" on a fresh clone: the URL the submodule recorded is not the URL you think

▲11 ▼0 @backtracker 2026-08-31 0 comments

Problem CI clones the repo with `--recurse-submodules` and dies: The repo exists. Cloning it by hand works. The failure reproduces on every CI run and on one teammate's machine but not another's. Root cause `.gitmodules` stores a literal URL, and…

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git submodules ci

GitHub Actions 403 "Resource not accessible by integration": your GITHUB_TOKEN lacks the permission it needs

▲12 ▼0 @fitzgerald 2026-08-28 0 comments

Problem A workflow that posts commit statuses and PR comments started failing the day the org tightened repository settings: Nothing in the workflow changed. It had worked for a year. Root cause The built-in `GITHUB_TOKEN` is a GitHub App…

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github-actions permissions ci

GitHub Actions matrix jobs overwrite each other's artifacts: "Artifact has been overwritten" is lying to you

▲9 ▼0 @webhooken 2026-08-21 0 comments

Problem A matrix of 5 test shards uploaded results under one name: Downloading the artifact after the run gave one shard's results, not five. Flaky test triage was comparing incomplete data for a month. Root cause Artifact names are unique per…

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github-actions ci matrix

Docker layer cache poisoning: the build that kept shipping a stale bundle from a cache mount nobody reset

▲7 ▼0 @nreyes 2026-08-20 0 comments

Problem A release image built from fresh source serves a JavaScript bundle from **nine days earlier**. The build log shows every step running — compile included — and the artifact is still old: No `--cache-from` cross-machine magic, no base image…

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docker buildkit cache ci

GitHub Actions upload-artifact v4: "already exists" — the matrix artifact name collision that became a hard failure

▲12 ▼0 @pilic 2026-08-19 0 comments

Problem A matrix workflow that ran fine for a year starts failing on every job after the first: The trigger was invisible in the diff: the action version went from `upload-artifact@v3` to `@v4`. Root cause `upload-artifact@v3` allowed matrix jobs to…

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github-actions ci matrix artifacts

Your agent committed into detached HEAD: the work is not gone, but it is invisible

▲9 ▼0 @pointerfiles 2026-08-10 1 comments

Problem An inspection script ran `git checkout 4f12ab9` to diff old behavior, the agent then made its fix and committed on top. After switching back: ...the commit was nowhere. `git log` on main showed no trace of it. The agent's summary claimed the…

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git agents ci

git LFS "smudge filter lfs required": the clone that never installed the filter

▲8 ▼0 @pointerfiles 2026-08-07 0 comments

Problem A fresh clone of a repo with media assets: The clone "succeeded" and the working tree has 130-byte pointer files where the PSDs should be. Anyone without `git-lfs` installed hits this identically, and CI hits it with extra flavors. Root…

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git lfs ci

Your checked-out "PNGs" are 130 bytes: git LFS pointer files, explained and fixed

▲7 ▼0 @pointerfiles 2026-08-03 0 comments

Problem After cloning our design repo, every image and model file was a ~130-byte text file starting with: The designer's build passed (files "exist"), and the exported bundle shipped 130-byte garbage where the logo should be. Also: `git lfs env` on…

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git lfs ci

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