Cursor IDE
Even when changes are definitely there and Cursor detects them under “Changes”, commit message cannot be generated and agent review cannot be started (with “No content found” message.
Open any project with git configured
Message is generated
MacOS
Version: 2.2.44 (Universal)
openai 5.2
Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor
deanrie
December 26, 2025, 11:11am
2
Hi, thanks for the report. It looks like Cursor can’t correctly detect changes from the git repository, even though they show up in the Changes panel.
Could you share the following info so we can debug this:
Cmd+Shift+P > “Git: Show Git Output”. Do you see any repo-related errors there?Help > Toggle Developer Tools > Console. Please share a screenshot of any errors that include the word “git”
Also, please try opening the project with a clean profile:
cursor --user-data-dir=/tmp/cursor-test
Do you have a multi-root workspace or any special git configuration?
Nothing wrong there (and no log attempts when clicking “generate commit message”:
2025-12-26 12:32:19.231 [info] > git status -z -uall [87ms]
2025-12-26 12:48:40.485 [info] > git log --format=%H%n%aN%n%aE%n%at%n%ct%n%P%n%D%n%B -z --shortstat --diff-merges=first-parent -n50 --skip=0 --topo-order --decorate=full --stdin [599ms]
2025-12-26 12:48:40.803 [info] > git check-ignore -v -z --stdin [12ms]
2025-12-26 12:48:42.731 [info] > git check-ignore -v -z --stdin [30ms]
2025-12-26 12:49:02.982 [info] > git ls-tree -l HEAD -- src/utils/__tests__/subscriptionGuards.expired.test.ts [35ms]
2025-12-26 12:49:02.984 [info] > git show --textconv HEAD:src/utils/__tests__/subscriptionGuards.expired.test.ts [38ms]
2025-12-26 12:49:03.322 [info] > git blame --root --incremental 17a637d4f5b89ffbd34b4f159694fb5466c55bfa -- src/utils/__tests__/subscriptionGuards.expired.test.ts [105ms]
2025-12-26 12:49:58.190 [info] > git config --get commit.template [7ms]
2025-12-26 12:49:58.203 [info] > git for-each-ref --format=%(refname)%00%(upstream:short)%00%(objectname)%00%(upstream:track)%00%(upstream:remotename)%00%(upstream:remoteref) --ignore-case refs/heads/customer-portal refs/remotes/customer-portal [20ms]
2025-12-26 12:49:58.228 [info] > git status -z -uall [24ms]
2025-12-26 12:49:58.238 [info] > git for-each-ref --sort -committerdate --format %(refname)%00%(objectname)%00%(*objectname) [33ms]
2025-12-26 12:49:58.294 [info] > git ls-tree -l HEAD -- src/utils/__tests__/subscriptionGuards.expired.test.ts [9ms]
2025-12-26 12:49:58.304 [info] > git show --textconv HEAD:src/utils/__tests__/subscriptionGuards.expired.test.ts [8ms]
2025-12-26 12:50:03.250 [info] > git config --get commit.template [7ms]
2025-12-26 12:50:03.253 [info] > git for-each-ref --format=%(refname)%00%(upstream:short)%00%(objectname)%00%(upstream:track)%00%(upstream:remotename)%00%(upstream:remoteref) --ignore-case refs/heads/customer-portal refs/remotes/customer-portal [9ms]
2025-12-26 12:50:03.268 [info] > git for-each-ref --sort -committerdate --format %(refname)%00%(objectname)%00%(*objectname) [14ms]
2025-12-26 12:50:03.273 [info] > git status -z -uall [19ms]
2025-12-26 12:52:02.934 [info] > git config --get commit.template [21ms]
2025-12-26 12:52:02.964 [info] > git for-each-ref --format=%(refname)%00%(upstream:short)%00%(objectname)%00%(upstream:track)%00%(upstream:remotename)%00%(upstream:remoteref) --ignore-case refs/heads/customer-portal refs/remotes/customer-portal [50ms]
2025-12-26 12:52:03.023 [info] > git for-each-ref --sort -committerdate --format %(refname)%00%(objectname)%00%(*objectname) [57ms]
2025-12-26 12:52:03.033 [info] > git ls-tree -l HEAD -- src/utils/__tests__/subscriptionGuards.expired.test.ts [15ms]
2025-12-26 12:52:03.046 [info] > git status -z -uall [81ms]
2025-12-26 12:52:03.048 [info] > git show --textconv HEAD:src/utils/__tests__/subscriptionGuards.expired.test.ts [14ms]
2025-12-26 12:52:07.188 [info] > git ls-tree -l HEAD -- src/utils/__tests__/subscriptionGuards.expired.test.ts [16ms]
2025-12-26 12:52:07.200 [info] > git show --textconv HEAD:src/utils/__tests__/subscriptionGuards.expired.test.ts [10ms]
2025-12-26 12:52:08.066 [info] > git config --get commit.template [10ms]
2025-12-26 12:52:08.072 [info] > git for-each-ref --format=%(refname)%00%(upstream:short)%00%(objectname)%00%(upstream:track)%00%(upstream:remotename)%00%(upstream:remoteref) --ignore-case refs/heads/customer-portal refs/remotes/customer-portal [16ms]
2025-12-26 12:52:08.097 [info] > git for-each-ref --sort -committerdate --format %(refname)%00%(objectname)%00%(*objectname) [23ms]
2025-12-26 12:52:08.104 [info] > git status -z -uall [31ms]
2025-12-26 12:52:13.119 [info] > git config --get commit.template [7ms]
2025-12-26 12:52:13.122 [info] > git for-each-ref --format=%(refname)%00%(upstream:short)%00%(objectname)%00%(upstream:track)%00%(upstream:remotename)%00%(upstream:remoteref) --ignore-case refs/heads/customer-portal refs/remotes/customer-portal [9ms]
2025-12-26 12:52:13.137 [info] > git for-each-ref --sort -committerdate --format %(refname)%00%(objectname)%00%(*objectname) [14ms]
2025-12-26 12:52:13.142 [info] > git status -z -uall [19ms]
2025-12-26 12:54:46.191 [info] > git ls-tree -l HEAD -- src/utils/__tests__/subscriptionGuards.expired.test.ts [257ms]
2025-12-26 12:56:19.719 [info] > git ls-tree -l HEAD -- src/utils/__tests__/subscriptionGuards.expired.test.ts [385ms]
2025-12-26 12:56:31.884 [info] > git check-ignore -v -z --stdin [85ms]
2025-12-26 12:56:37.229 [info] > git check-ignore -v -z --stdin [75ms]
2025-12-26 12:56:39.039 [info] > git ls-tree -l HEAD -- src/services/portal.service.ts [34ms]
2025-12-26 12:56:39.040 [info] > git show --textconv HEAD:src/services/portal.service.ts [35ms]
2025-12-26 12:56:39.193 [info] > git blame --root --incremental 17a637d4f5b89ffbd34b4f159694fb5466c55bfa -- src/services/portal.service.ts [36ms]
2025-12-26 12:56:39.538 [info] > git check-ignore -v -z --stdin [10ms]
2025-12-26 12:56:41.665 [info] > git ls-tree -l HEAD -- public/locales/de/campaign.json [16ms]
2025-12-26 12:56:41.667 [info] > git show --textconv HEAD:public/locales/de/campaign.json [19ms]
2025-12-26 12:56:41.870 [info] > git blame --root --incremental 17a637d4f5b89ffbd34b4f159694fb5466c55bfa -- public/locales/de/campaign.json [126ms]
2025-12-26 12:56:52.764 [info] > git ls-tree -l HEAD -- public/locales/de/campaign.json [56ms]
2025-12-26 12:57:18.269 [info] > git ls-tree -l HEAD -- public/locales/de/campaign.json [65ms]
2 - something is there! (see screenshot)
Will try opening the project with a clean profile a bit later.
As for multi-root: not in this case, now a single app is being edited. No special git config either (at least I don’t recall changing anything except auth-related things)
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Opening with clean profile helped.
UPD: ok, its funny: now when running cursor on my profile, features seems to work, for whatever reason.
