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sl.exe commit -m 'added abc.txt' abort: The system cannot find the file specified: journal #1422
Description
sl.exe commit -m 'added abc.txt'
returns:
abort: The system cannot find the file specified: journal
OS: Windows
Steps to reproduce:
sl.exe status
A abc.txt
A ascii-home
! csv-count
! csv-filter
! csv-head
! csv-select
sl.exe commit -m 'added abc.txt'
abort: The system cannot find the file specified: journal
Activity
swithinchan commentedon Aug 30, 2026
Summary: cannot commit in Microsoft Windows at all.
WongJohnson commentedon Sep 12, 2026
I found that if you go into your .sl/store folder and create a blank file named "journal", I was able to commit. However the file is deleted afterwards and you run into the same problem for the next commit.
Reverting to this previous release worked for me: https://github.com/facebook/sapling/releases#release-0.2.20260317-201835+0234c21f
swithinchan commentedon Sep 13, 2026
Do you mean .git mode or .sl mode? I am almost abandoning this package.
WongJohnson commentedon Sep 13, 2026
sl mode. I think git mode has a .git/sl/store folder instead. Either way, try the release version I linked to see if it avoids your issue for now.
transaction: check store journal with exists() instead of stat() (#1431)
swithinchan commentedon Sep 17, 2026
Thanks @WongJohnson , as a matter of fact I have written an emacs package called sapling.el and vc-sapling.el backend in emacs for Microsoft Windows and pushed to nongnu repository. I was directed by emacs maintainers that I should follow up this issue as far as possible.
WongJohnson commentedon Sep 17, 2026
See linked PR #1431 which was landed. A build with that code should resolve the error.
swithinchan commentedon Sep 18, 2026
i cannot compile rust here. nor do i need to compile an eden server now.
@WongJohnson is it possible to make it a release to test it out?
WongJohnson commentedon Sep 18, 2026
I'm not involved in the release process so I don't know the schedule or how to test. Were you able to try the older release I suggested previously? This one works for me: https://github.com/facebook/sapling/releases#release-0.2.20260317-201835+0234c21f
Or is that not an option for your setup?