Quick Start not working - 2025
Author: sdarwinCreated Dec 14, 2025Updated Jul 7, 2026
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https://isomorphic-git.org/docs/en/quickstart.html
Problem 1: Picking a directory
There is an error about the directory already existing if the command is run more than once, even some time later.
{name: "Error", message: "EEXIST", stack: "ErrorLocally I tried adding a delete step:
await pfs.rmdir(dir,{ recursive: true, force: true });That resulted in:
[email protected]:1 Uncaught Error: ENOTEMPTYSo "force, recursive" didn't work. Any ideas?
Problem 2: clone a git repository
This shows
stack: "Error: Missing Buffer dependencyThe buffer dependency error started with release 1.35 of isomorphic-git which was "Migrate from BrowserFS to ZenFS".
For this particular error about buffer, maybe @james-pre could take a look?
Source: isomorphic-git/isomorphic-git