Using `--debug` results in deadlock

[rossipedia]

Describe the bug

Running lazygit --debug results in a crash and error output about recursive locking.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Run lazygit --debug

Expected behavior

I expected lazygit to run successfully, and allow me to tail the debug logs with lazygit -l in another terminal

Screenshots

Version info:

• Run lazygit --version and paste the result here

❯ lazygit --version
commit=, build date=, build source=Homebrew, version=0.55.0, os=darwin, arch=arm64, git version=2.51.0

(Installed via homebrew)

• Run git --version and paste the result here

❯ git --version
git version 2.51.0

Additional context

This is on macOS 26 Tahoe.

Also, running lazygit without --debug works as expected.

Note

Please try updating to the latest version or manually building the latest master to see if the issue still occurs.

[stefanhaller]

If you are using go 1.25, then this is a known issue. I didn't get around to looking into this yet, and may only be able to in three weeks when I have a bit more time than right now. In the meantime, using go 1.24 should work.

[stefanhaller]

Ah wait, I didn't pay attention. You are not building yourself, but using the homebrew version; this should have been built with go 1.24.

[rossipedia]

Lemme try building from source on go@1.24, I'll report back 👍

[rossipedia]

Source build on go@1.24 works fine 👍

I guess this is just an issue with the homebrew version 🤔

[stefanhaller]

I was wrong, homebrew actually builds with go 1.25. It is only our own binary releases that are built with 1.24. So that explains it.

Anyway, the problem deserves to be fixed because it is a problem for local development (also when running the tests). As I said, I'll probably be able to look into it in three weeks.

[stefanhaller]

Fixed on master with #4910.