Fresh install of Cursor3.7, does not detected branch nor changed files

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Just installed Cursor 3.7 on Ubuntu. Looks slick, but the “git diff” pane is completely broken - see attached image. There are a bunch of changes, and I am not on the “main” branch.

Restarting did not help at all.

Steps to Reproduce

I’ve got no idea. Seems to work for other people.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

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Operating System

Linux

Version Information

Version: 3.7.21
VS Code Extension API: 1.105.1
Commit: 517f696d8ab6c53eb04fbfdaae705cd146bf3460
Date: 2026-06-07T21:46:09.237Z
Layout: glass
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.8.1
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
xterm.js: 6.1.0-beta.256
OS: Linux x64 6.17.0-35-generic

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

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Thanks for the clear report and screenshot. This is a known issue with the Source Control / “Changes” pane in the Agents Window (the Glass layout) - on some startups it fails to load a valid repo and ends up showing the wrong branch with “Failed to load changes.” Your local git is fine; it’s the Agents Window’s git view that’s getting stuck.

Quickest way to unblock yourself: open the same folder in a classic Editor Window, where Source Control works normally.

  • Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) → “Open Editor Window” (or Ctrl+Shift+N)

git from the integrated terminal also works against your repo in the meantime.

To help us pin down which variant you’re hitting on a fresh Linux install, could you grab the git logs?

  • View → Output, then choose “Git” from the dropdown on the right
  • Help → Toggle Developer Tools → Console tab

Paste the first error line you see (anything mentioning getGitRoot, spawn git ENOENT, or “no source control providers”). That one line tells us exactly which path is failing.

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Hi Mohit,

So, here are the logs from View/Output/Git:

2026-06-10 17:58:21.496 [error] [GitHistoryProvider][resolveHEADMergeBase] Failed to resolve merge base for main: Error: No such branch: main.

2026-06-10 17:58:21.496 [info] > git hash-object -t tree /dev/null [68ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:21.497 [warning] [GitFileSystemProvider][readFile] File not found - git:/home/hristo/ceralinq/backend/.env.git?%7B%22path%22%3A%22%2Fhome%2Fhristo%2Fceralinq%2Fbackend%2F.env%22%2C%22ref%22%3A%22%22%7D

2026-06-10 17:58:21.497 [info] > git config --get commit.template [83ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:21.497 [info] > git for-each-ref --format=%(refname)%00%(upstream:short)%00%(objectname)%00%(upstream:track)%00%(upstream:remotename)%00%(upstream:remoteref) refs/heads/main refs/remotes/main [96ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:21.497 [warning] [Git][getBranch] No such branch: main

2026-06-10 17:58:21.499 [info] > git ls-files --stage – .env [109ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:21.499 [warning] [GitFileSystemProvider][stat] File not found - git:/home/hristo/ceralinq/backend/.env.git?%7B%22path%22%3A%22%2Fhome%2Fhristo%2Fceralinq%2Fbackend%2F.env%22%2C%22ref%22%3A%22%22%7D

2026-06-10 17:58:21.504 [info] > git config --get commit.template [31ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:21.536 [info] [Git][getRemotes] No remotes found in the git config file

2026-06-10 17:58:21.538 [info] > git for-each-ref --format=%(refname)%00%(upstream:short)%00%(objectname)%00%(upstream:track)%00%(upstream:remotename)%00%(upstream:remoteref) refs/heads/CER-216 refs/remotes/CER-216 [20ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:21.540 [info] > git for-each-ref --format=%(refname)%00%(upstream:short)%00%(objectname)%00%(upstream:track)%00%(upstream:remotename)%00%(upstream:remoteref) refs/heads/main refs/remotes/main [5ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:21.540 [warning] [Git][getBranch] No such branch: main

2026-06-10 17:58:21.565 [info] > git status -z -uall [14ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:21.566 [info] > git for-each-ref --sort -committerdate --format %(refname)%00%(objectname)%00%(*objectname) [3ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:21.673 [info] > git status -z -uall [30ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:21.675 [info] > git for-each-ref --sort -committerdate --format %(refname)%00%(objectname)%00%(*objectname) [13ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:21.727 [info] > git for-each-ref --format=%(refname)%00%(upstream:short)%00%(objectname)%00%(upstream:track)%00%(upstream:remotename)%00%(upstream:remoteref) refs/heads/CER-216 refs/remotes/CER-216 [24ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:21.749 [info] > git config --get --local branch.CER-216.vscode-merge-base [5ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:21.749 [warning] [Git][config] git config failed: Failed to execute git

2026-06-10 17:58:21.767 [info] > git config --get commit.template [41ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:21.771 [info] > git reflog CER-216 --grep-reflog=branch: Created from *. [4ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:21.823 [info] > git for-each-ref --format=%(refname)%00%(upstream:short)%00%(objectname)%00%(upstream:track)%00%(upstream:remotename)%00%(upstream:remoteref) refs/heads/CER-216 refs/remotes/CER-216 [20ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:21.823 [info] > git reflog HEAD --grep-reflog=checkout: moving from .* to CER-216 [36ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:21.846 [info] > git blame --root --incremental 3f624bfdbf650530c463fc782cbeb4bedb432e88 – .env [26ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:21.846 [info] fatal: no such path .env in 3f624bfdbf650530c463fc782cbeb4bedb432e88

2026-06-10 17:58:21.851 [info] > git for-each-ref --format=%(refname)%00%(upstream:short)%00%(objectname)%00%(upstream:track)%00%(upstream:remotename)%00%(upstream:remoteref) refs/heads/main refs/remotes/main [9ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:21.877 [info] > git for-each-ref --format=%(refname)%00%(upstream:short)%00%(objectname)%00%(upstream:track)%00%(upstream:remotename)%00%(upstream:remoteref) refs/remotes/origin/main [6ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:21.970 [info] > git status -z -uall [29ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:21.971 [info] > git config --add --local branch.CER-216.vscode-merge-base origin/main [54ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:21.982 [info] > git for-each-ref --sort -committerdate --format %(refname)%00%(objectname)%00%(*objectname) [20ms] (cancelled)

2026-06-10 17:58:22.044 [info] > git config --get commit.template [39ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:22.047 [info] > git check-ignore -v -z --stdin [21ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:22.048 [info] > git check-ignore -v -z --stdin [6ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:22.071 [info] > git for-each-ref --format=%(refname)%00%(upstream:short)%00%(objectname)%00%(upstream:track)%00%(upstream:remotename)%00%(upstream:remoteref) refs/heads/CER-216 refs/remotes/CER-216 [5ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:22.108 [info] > git status -z -uall [17ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:22.111 [info] > git for-each-ref --sort -committerdate --format %(refname)%00%(objectname)%00%(*objectname) [3ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:22.143 [info] > git merge-base refs/heads/CER-216 refs/remotes/origin/CER-216 [17ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:22.160 [info] > git merge-base refs/heads/CER-216 refs/remotes/origin/CER-216 [18ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:22.182 [info] > git diff --name-status -z --diff-filter=ADMR 3f624bfdbf650530c463fc782cbeb4bedb432e88…refs/remotes/origin/CER-216 [7ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:22.183 [info] > git diff --name-status -z --diff-filter=ADMR 3f624bfdbf650530c463fc782cbeb4bedb432e88…refs/remotes/origin/CER-216 [24ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:23.782 [info] > git fetch [2446ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:23.782 [info] From ssh://gitlab.programista.pro:22122/aifactory/ceralinq/backend

492c593..a3cc06f main → origin/main

2026-06-10 17:58:23.806 [info] > git config --get commit.template [12ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:23.807 [info] > git for-each-ref --format=%(refname)%00%(upstream:short)%00%(objectname)%00%(upstream:track)%00%(upstream:remotename)%00%(upstream:remoteref) refs/heads/CER-216 refs/remotes/CER-216 [2ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:23.825 [info] > git status -z -uall [9ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:23.826 [info] > git for-each-ref --sort -committerdate --format %(refname)%00%(objectname)%00%(*objectname) [2ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:24.883 [info] > git config --get commit.template [15ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:24.885 [info] > git for-each-ref --format=%(refname)%00%(upstream:short)%00%(objectname)%00%(upstream:track)%00%(upstream:remotename)%00%(upstream:remoteref) refs/heads/CER-216 refs/remotes/CER-216 [3ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:24.915 [info] > git status -z -uall [16ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:24.917 [info] > git for-each-ref --sort -committerdate --format %(refname)%00%(objectname)%00%(*objectname) [3ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:29.642 [info] > git config --global user.name [1ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:29.660 [info] > git config --global user.email [2ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:29.660 [info] [main] Stored git author name in global state: Hristo Buyukliev [email protected]

2026-06-10 17:58:45.082 [info] [Git][getRemotes] No remotes found in the git config file

2026-06-10 17:58:45.098 [info] > git config --get commit.template [17ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:45.099 [info] > git for-each-ref --format=%(refname)%00%(upstream:short)%00%(objectname)%00%(upstream:track)%00%(upstream:remotename)%00%(upstream:remoteref) refs/heads/main refs/remotes/main [2ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:45.099 [warning] [Git][getBranch] No such branch: main

2026-06-10 17:58:45.137 [info] > git status -z -uall [19ms]

2026-06-10 17:58:45.137 [info] > git for-each-ref --sort -committerdate --format %(refname)%00%(objectname)%00%(*objectname) [3ms]

And here are error logs from Help/Developer Tools/Console which might be relevant:

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workbench.desktop.main.js:59060 [hasGithubAccess] unexpected error checking GitHub access: ConnectError: [invalid_argument] Error
at e (workbench.desktop.main.js:44926:700324)
at async Object.getGithubAccessTokenForRepos (workbench.desktop.main.js:35556:4377)
at async QQf (workbench.desktop.main.js:35612:94271)
at async a (workbench.desktop.main.js:59060:21422)

a @ workbench.desktop.main.js:59060

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workbench.desktop.main.js:48045 [background_composer] Error fetching branches Error: Could not determine default branch

  1. Object
error @ workbench.desktop.main.js:48045

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I couldn’t find any errors with getGitRoot, spawn git ENOENT, or “no source control providers”

Let me know what else I can do.

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Another, possibly related symptom - the agent cannot run git commands in the shell:

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I figured it out. The folder I opened does not have a .git file. It’s organised like so:

/<project_name>/backend, and /<project_name>/frontend, and they are separate repos.

If I open each repo directly it works.

I’ll leave the issue open in case you guys decide you want to add custom logic for this kind of scenario.