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Windows: Git discovery fails for valid repository at Unicode path #1240
Description
codebase-memory-mcp Windows Git discovery failure
Summary
codebase-memory-mcp 0.9.0 indexes the C# project and serves graph queries, but it does not recognize the indexed directory as a Git repository.
Environment
- OS: Windows.
- CBM:
codebase-memory-mcp 0.9.0. - Git:
git version 2.53.0.windows.1. - Indexed path:
C:/Users/court/Scripts/W_Kr_Subsystem (Стойки). - The path includes non-ASCII Cyrillic characters.
Reproduction
git -C "C:/Users/court/Scripts/W_Kr_Subsystem (Стойки)" rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree
# true
git -C "C:/Users/court/Scripts/W_Kr_Subsystem (Стойки)" rev-parse --show-toplevel
# C:/Users/court/Scripts/W_Kr_Subsystem (Стойки)
git -C "C:/Users/court/Scripts/W_Kr_Subsystem (Стойки)" rev-parse --git-dir
# .git
The manually created CBM index reports status=ready, but its Git block contains is_git=false, root_exists=false, and null values for git_dir, branch, and HEAD.
Expected result
CBM should preserve the Git repository identity for a valid Windows repository at a Unicode path so that detect_changes and Git-backed index refresh work.
Notes
No source code, Revit logs, model data, commit IDs, or remote URLs are included in this report.
Activity
DeusData commentedon Jul 24, 2026
Confirmed against current
main. The process entrypoint handles Windows arguments as UTF-16, butsrc/git/git_context.cstill probes the repository with narrowstat(path)and constructs a narrow command forcbm_popen. That explains how indexing can succeed whileroot_existsand Git discovery fail for the same Cyrillic path. The RED needs a real Git repository under a non-ASCII Windows path and must assertroot_exists,is_git, branch, and HEAD. High priority for0.9.1-rcunder #394.DeusData commentedon Aug 14, 2026
Thanks @NotaWhaIe — showing that
git -Cresolves the same Cyrillic path perfectly while cbm reportsis_git=falseandroot_exists=falseisolates this cleanly to our side, and you did it without including any of your source or model data, which was considerate.Confirmed against
main: the entrypoint handles Windows arguments as UTF-16, butsrc/git/git_context.cstill probes with narrowstat()and builds a narrow command line — which is exactly how indexing can succeed while the Git identity is lost. In practice that meansdetect_changesand Git-backed refresh do not work for anyone whose repository path is not ASCII.Not fixed yet. Tonight's v0.10.5 is being cut for the issues that block real use of the tool, and this is in that set. Sorry for the wait.
DeusData commentedon Sep 27, 2026
Fixed on
mainin 6935df2 (PR #1816, thanks to @z2250389): Unicode repository paths now work on Windows. Thank you for the report and your patience!