asdf-vm - Git "index file smaller than expected" error when running `asdf update` how to fix?

Question

I've been using asdf for a couple years with great success. However, starting yesterday when I run the asdf update command, I get this error:

fatal: .git/index: index file smaller than expected

Thanks to @phd's comment, I tried to remove ~/.asdf/.git/index the ran git reset HEAD under ~/.asdf.

However, now when I run asdf plugin update --all for my asdf plugins, I get these errors:

Updating python to master
fatal: not a git repository: '/home/[home]/.asdf/plugins/python/.git'
fatal: not a git repository: '/home/[home]/.asdf/plugins/python/.git'
fatal: not a git repository: '/home/[home]/.asdf/plugins/python/.git'
fatal: not a git repository: '/home/[home]/.asdf/plugins/python/.git'
Updating R to master
fatal: not a git repository: '/home/[home]/.asdf/plugins/R/.git'
fatal: not a git repository: '/home/[home]/.asdf/plugins/R/.git'
fatal: not a git repository: '/home/[home]/.asdf/plugins/R/.git'
fatal: not a git repository: '/home/[home]/.asdf/plugins/R/.git'
Updating direnv to master
fatal: not a git repository: '/home/[home]/.asdf/plugins/direnv/.git'
fatal: not a git repository: '/home/[home]/.asdf/plugins/direnv/.git'
fatal: not a git repository: '/home/[home]/.asdf/plugins/direnv/.git'
fatal: not a git repository: '/home/[home]/.asdf/plugins/direnv/.git'
Updating nodejs to master
fatal: not a git repository: '/home/[home]/.asdf/plugins/nodejs/.git'
fatal: not a git repository: '/home/[home]/.asdf/plugins/nodejs/.git'
fatal: not a git repository: '/home/[home]/.asdf/plugins/nodejs/.git'
fatal: not a git repository: '/home/[home]/.asdf/plugins/nodejs/.git'

I tried removing the index files in each of those four .git directories and resetting the HEADS in each. But that didn't help.

I have no idea what these errors mean. Can someone please advise on how to troubleshoot and fix this? Thank you!

https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=%5Bgit%5D+fatal%3A+.git%2Findex%3A+index+file+smaller+than+expected — phd, Mar 16 '23 at 18:15
Backup everything and then `rm .git/index; git reset HEAD .` — phd, Mar 16 '23 at 18:15
Thank you @phd I tried your suggestion but it seems to have created more problems for asdf. Can you please re-open the question? — hpy, Mar 17 '23 at 09:42

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 18 '23 at 12:40

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Not a perfect solution, but eventually I removed all the asdf plugins and reinstalled them from scratch. This removed the error messages.

answered Mar 18 '23 at 12:40

hpy

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