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GitUI was close due to an unexpected panic (file: "src/watcher.rs") #2900

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Using gitui --watcher causes "GitUI was closed due to an unexpected panic" when a directory belongs to another user.
This happens exclusively when a directory has a different owner. The error does NOT occur with files owned by another user.

Steps to reproduce:

  1. mkdir projectX && cd projectX
  2. Create a directory with a different owner using one of these options:
  • Option A:
    sudo install -m 700 -o 65654 -g 65654 -d mydir
  • Option B (the real-world case):
    podman run --rm -v "$(pwd):/workdir" alpine:latest /bin/sh -c 'mkdir /workdir/test && chown 1000:1000 /workdir/test && chmod 700 /workdir/test'
  1. Start gitui with the watcher and logs: RUST_BACKTRACE=1 RUST_LOG=debug gitui --watcher 2>/tmp/gitui.log

Expected behavior

GitUI should open normally.

Logs

❯ cat -pp /tmp/gitui.log 

GitUI was closed due to an unexpected panic.
Please file an issue on https://github.com/gitui-org/gitui/issues with the following info:

panicked at src/watcher.rs:79:10:
Watch error: Error { kind: Io(Os { code: 13, kind: PermissionDenied, message: "Permission denied" }), paths: ["/home/user/gitui-test/mydir"] }

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Error: receiving on an empty and disconnected channel

Stack backtrace:
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Context:

  • OS/Distro + Version: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  • GitUI Version: gitui 0.28.1

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