Redmine 500 error while flushing cache: Rugged::ReferenceError (Corrupted loose reference file: refs/heads/master):

[antonionardella]

Hello,

here the server info:

Environment:
Redmine version 3.3.3.stable
Ruby version 2.3.0-p0 (2015-12-25) [x86_64-linux]
Rails version 4.2.7.1
Environment production
Database adapter Mysql2
SCM:
Git 2.1.4
Filesystem
Xitolite 2.1.4
Redmine plugins:
redmine_bootstrap_kit 0.2.5
redmine_default_assign 0.6
redmine_editauthor 0.9.1
redmine_git_hosting 1.2.2
redmine_issue_checklist 2.1.0
redmine_mail_checker 1.0.0

Here the error message in production.log

Rugged::ReferenceError (Corrupted loose reference file: refs/heads/master):
   plugins/redmine_git_hosting/lib/redmine_git_hosting/gitolite_wrapper.rb:68:in `new'
   plugins/redmine_git_hosting/lib/redmine_git_hosting/gitolite_wrapper.rb:68:in `gitolite_admin'
   plugins/redmine_git_hosting/lib/redmine_git_hosting/gitolite_wrapper.rb:45:in `execute_action'
   plugins/redmine_git_hosting/lib/redmine_git_hosting/gitolite_wrapper.rb:24:in `resync_gitolite'
   plugins/redmine_git_hosting/lib/redmine_git_hosting/gitolite_accessor.rb:146:in `resync_gitolite'
   plugins/redmine_git_hosting/lib/redmine_git_hosting/gitolite_accessor.rb:77:in `update_projects'
   plugins/redmine_git_hosting/app/use_cases/settings/apply.rb:143:in `do_resync_projects'
   plugins/redmine_git_hosting/app/use_cases/settings/apply.rb:51:in `apply_settings'
   plugins/redmine_git_hosting/app/use_cases/settings/apply.rb:36:in `call'
   plugins/redmine_git_hosting/app/use_cases/settings/apply.rb:28:in `call'
   plugins/redmine_git_hosting/lib/redmine_git_hosting/patches/settings_controller_patch.rb:79:in execute_post_actions'
   plugins/redmine_git_hosting/lib/redmine_git_hosting/patches/settings_controller_patch.rb:69:in `handle_settings_update'
   plugins/redmine_git_hosting/lib/redmine_git_hosting/patches/settings_controller_patch.rb:41:in `plugin_with_git_hosting'
   lib/redmine/sudo_mode.rb:63:in `sudo_mode'

Here the git_hosting.log

2017-05-03 11:04:13 +0200 [DEBUG] Getting Gitolite banner...
2017-05-03 11:04:17 +0200 [INFO] Flush Settings Cache !
2017-05-03 11:04:17 +0200 [INFO] Settings cache flushed!
2017-05-03 11:04:17 +0200 [INFO] Forced resync of all projects (active, closed, archived)...
2017-05-03 11:04:17 +0200 [DEBUG] Accessing gitolite-admin.git at '/tmp/redmine_git_hosting/git/gitolite-admin.git'
2017-05-03 11:08:00 +0200 [DEBUG] Testing if Gitolite Admin directory '/tmp/redmine_git_hosting/git/gitolite-admin.git' is writeable ...
2017-05-03 11:08:00 +0200 [INFO] Testing if Redmine user 'redmine' can sudo to Gitolite user 'git'...
2017-05-03 11:08:00 +0200 [INFO] OK!

What am I doing wrong?

[skynet2982]

Same problem here with :

Environment:
Redmine version 3.1.1.stable
Ruby version 2.0.0-p647 (2015-08-18) [x86_64-linux]
Rails version 4.2.3
Environment production
Database adapter Mysql2
SCM:
Subversion 1.8.13
Git 1.9.5
Filesystem
Xitolite 1.7.1
redmine_git_hosting 1.1.3

[n-rodriguez]

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/infrastructure/issues/773

[PowerKiKi]

As discussed in #732 (comment), issues related to Redmine < 4.0 or severely outdated issues are being closed to help clean up the issue tracker.

If this issue is still relevant to you and you are running Redmine >= 4.0, please open a new issue including all new relevant information.