Linuxbrew-core: Error: Failure while executing: git config --replace-all homebrew.private true

[jwhite007]

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$ brew config
HOMEBREW_VERSION: 1.6.9-1-ge78a9da
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Linuxbrew/brew
HEAD: e78a9dae2e16d46d3a2b45d66c4d26afb64e2bc4
Last commit: 17 hours ago
Core tap ORIGIN: https://github.com/Linuxbrew/homebrew-core
Core tap HEAD: 05c4c17051d74c61d3a0fe35ea5659c6fe104d57
Core tap last commit: 4 hours ago
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew
HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY: /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Homebrew
HOMEBREW_CELLAR: /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Cellar
HOMEBREW_CACHE: /home/linuxbrew/.cache/Homebrew
HOMEBREW_DEV_CMD_RUN: 1
HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREWED_CURL: 1
HOMEBREW_GITHUB_API_TOKEN: set
HOMEBREW_LINKAGE_CACHE: 1
HOMEBREW_LOGS: /home/linuxbrew/.logs/Homebrew
HOMEBREW_TEMP: /home/linuxbrew/.temp
HOMEBREW_VISUAL: /usr/bin/env vim
CPU: octa-core 64-bit merom
Homebrew Ruby: 2.3.3 => /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.3.3_2               /bin/ruby
Clang: 6.0 build 600
Git: 2.17.1 => /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/git
Curl: 7.60.0 => /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/opt/curl/bin/curl
Java: N/A
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-504.el6.x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.6 (Santiago) (Santiago)
Host glibc: 2.12
/usr/bin/gcc: 4.4.7
glibc: 2.23
gcc: 5.5.0_4
xorg: 20170115_1

$ brew dr
Your system is ready to brew.



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$ brew upgrade git
==> Upgrading 1 outdated package, with result:
git 2.17.1 -> 2.18.0
==> Upgrading git
You must: brew install git
Error: Failure while executing: git config --replace-all homebrew.private true

I found https://github.com/Linuxbrew/homebrew-core/issues/7726 which has been marked 'stale.'

• What you expected to happen
  No error
• Step-by-step reproduction instructions (by running brew install commands)
  See above

[jwhite007]

$ which -a git
/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/git

$ cat /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Homebrew/.git/config
[core]
        repositoryformatversion = 0
        filemode = true
        bare = false
        logallrefupdates = true
        autocrlf = false
[remote "origin"]
        url = https://github.com/Linuxbrew/brew
        fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
[homebrew]
        analyticsmessage = true
        analyticsuuid = secret
        devcmdrun = true
        private = true
[branch "master"]
        remote = origin
        merge = refs/heads/master



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$ git config --replace-all homebrew.private true

$ echo $?
0

[jwhite007]

I still don't know why the failure was happening, but I was able to go from git 2.17.1 to git 2.18.0 by bypassing brew upgrade git and doing:

$ brew update
$ brew unlink git
$ brew install git

[iMichka]

If this workaround is fine, I will not invest more time to fix this. If the problem happens to more people we may need to have a look, but I think we can keep this as-is for the moment.

[jwhite007]

@iMichka, Thanks. I'm fine with the way I've handled it.

[Clevelus]

Try running
xcode-select --install
or
git config --global --unset http.proxy
git config --global --unset https.proxy

[jwhite007]

@Clevelus

The command xcode-select is only relevant to MacOS. This is a Linuxbrew-related thread. I'm not sure how unsetting the proxy would have helped. I have to use a proxy behind my organization's firewall. The proxy has never been an issue in the past, and it appears to no longer be an issue as I recently brew upgraded git from 2.18 to 2.19 with no issues.

[jwhite007]

I encountered this problem again going from git 2.19.0_1 to 2.19.0_2. And again...

$ brew update
$ brew unlink git
$ brew install git

fixes it.

[crpietschmann]

I was getting this error in macOS:

ChrisOpilityMBP:/ chris$ brew upgrade git
==> Upgrading 1 outdated package:
git 2.18.0 -> 2.19.1
==> Upgrading git 
==> Installing dependencies for git: gettext and pcre2    
==> Installing git dependency: gettext
xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun
Error: Failure while executing; `git config --local --replace-all homebrew.private true` exited with 1.

I needed to fix the xcrun: error: invalid active developer path error on macOS first, by running the following command:

xcode-select --install

After than process completed, everything started working correctly with both git and brew again. :)

Just thought I'd post this here in case anyone else has the same issue. Here's the StackExchange post that helped point to the solution: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/254380/macos-mojave-invalid-active-developer-path

[jwhite007]

@crpietschmann,

This is a Linuxbrew issue, not a Homebrew issue.

[iMichka]

Yes. I will close this issue as a lot of people complain about a mac issue on our Linux issue tracker. Please report these kind of issues at https://github.com/Homebrew/brew. Thanks.