null git branch in status-bar

[smashwilson]

Filed by @unluisco as atom/status-bar#227

Prerequisites

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  • Reproduced the problem in Safe Mode: http://flight-manual.atom.io/hacking-atom/sections/debugging/#using-safe-mode

Description

I started a new git project from the terminal, I have not yet made the first commit, but in the status bar appears the icon of the null branch, when I switch to other tabs, for some reason the branch icon disappears.

Steps to Reproduce

1. open atom in --safe mode
2. open a git project without any commit
3. check the status-bar

Expected behavior: the master branch should appear, and when switching between tabs, it should not disappear the icon.

Actual behavior: the master branch does not appear, instead it indicates that there is no branch (null). and when switching between tabs, the branches icon disappears.

Versions

Atom    : 1.30.0
Electron: 2.0.5
Chrome  : 61.0.3163.100
Node    : 8.9.3

Additional Information

Here is a video to see the problem.

Thanks.

[smashwilson]

From Slack, running git for-each-ref --format='%(objectname) %(HEAD) %(refname:short)' 'refs/heads/**' returns empty output, which we must not be parsing correctly.

[GeniaT]

Add that "issue" but I was located in the parent folder instead of the exact one of the project. Maybe same on your side?