git reset --hard error: Could not parse object

Question

This is not the first time I am doing a hard reset on my repo but this time, I am getting an error. I am working on an iOS Project. I am doing the reset from terminal. How do I fix the fatal error

fatal: Could not parse object 'e88056ac5d58fb0bbd23d3fe929eac01712d964'

Answer 1

I have same problem and fixed.

This problem occurs when there have been changes like force-pushes to a git repo which is referenced in a Gemfile.

The solution is is to comment that gem line in Gemfile, run bundle, uncomment it and bundle again. Then the Gemfile.lock will reference a valid git revision.

Found in this link https://semaphoreci.com/docs/fail-could-not-parse-object.html

Answer 2

For me, the problem was that on my local machine I needed to pull the latest version of my branch, merge, and commit. Then the git reset --hard {hash} worked on the server I was running the command on.

Answer 3

Try updating your local repo with

git fetch