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I came across strange issue with source control (git) on Xcode 8.

While removing some old, already merged to master branches the popup appeared stating Couldn’t communicate with a helper application.

The branches were removed but another issue came up, so when commiting I have something like this:

Repository View seem to be ok:

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Project View should look somewhat the same but is kinda weird:

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I can commit but when trying to remove a branch the warning popup still appears. I've searched for solution, found this one: xcode 7.2 couldn’t communicate with a helper application but when I check in Terminal with xcrun git config --global user.email and xcrun git config --global user.name it gives me the proper values.

I use SourceTree as well and it works flawlessly without any warnings.

All other projects are ok - no warnings and no weird Project View.

Update:

All other projects have normal Project View but apparently the warning popup Couldn’t communicate with a helper application appears when I try to remove a branch.

Any help would appreciated.

gutaker
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Installing Xcode 9 and updating project solved the problem

gutaker
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The working solution for this issue is to do a manual commit:

The solution is to add changes with a git command. Change to your working directory (that contains a /.git folder) and execute:

git commit -a -m "Commit title here"

Original post: Xcode 9 commit: Couldn't communicate with helper application

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