invalid data in index - calculated checksum does not match expected

[tummychow]

$ git absorb -v
Apr 06 16:57:27.710 CRIT absorb failed, err: invalid data in index - calculated checksum does not match expected; class=Index (10), line: 117, module: git_absorb

just in case anyone runs into this, it's an upstream issue libgit2/libgit2#6531

workaround is to disable the offending option git config --local index.skipHash false. then you have to clear your index and restage all your changes so that the index gets built with the option disabled.

[zenspider]

I got hit by this. It was from git config feature.manyFiles being set to true, which sets index.skipHash to true as well. I wound up keeping feature.manyFiles and setting index.skipHash to false. It feels a tad more sluggish, but at least I can run git absorb now.

[halostatue]

This has been fixed in libgit2/libgit2#6738, so it should be in the next release of libgit2 (1.7.3 or later).