Metadata API request failed: An internal error caused this command to fail. Invalid checksum in GitIndex buffer: expected 73734a757374696669636174696f6e2e6669656c but saw de58e2b378a264511123e95ac7158dc107a09e26

[MilesHummet]

Please be sure to mention:
Using Visual Studio Code. Attempt to Retrieve from Org/package.xml returns the following error output:

Metadata API request failed: An internal error caused this command to fail. Please file a bug report at https://github.com/isomorphic-git/isomorphic-git/issues with this error message: Invalid checksum in GitIndex buffer: expected 73734a757374696669636174696f6e2e6669656c but saw de58e2b378a264511123e95ac7158dc107a09e26

[jcubic]

Do you use Salceforce extension?

[AzferPervaiz]

Had the same issue, it was fixed when I deleted the index file after searching for it, the file is mentioned as: .git/index

[MilesHummet]

Do you use Salceforce extension?

Yes. Salesforce SLI Extension

[MilesHummet]

Had the same issue, it was fixed when I deleted the index file after searching for it, the file is mentioned as: .git/index

Thank you. I will try to go with this path etc.

[jcubic]

@MilesHummet try to report this to the salesforce extension, they are using the isomorphic-git library and this is their problem. That they probably fixed a few months ago.

Check forcedotcom/cli#2194 if this is the extension you're using. I'm not sure if there are more than one.

[jcubic]

Try reporting this to project forcedotcom/cli.

I know that the error says to report it here, but the bug is in the Salesforce extension, nothing we can do about the bug in that project.