failed: git ls-files -m -o maxBuffer exceeded

[Qing8]

Hello! We have been using the semantic-release/git + the changelog plugin for a few weeks to automatically generate the CHANGELOG.md and we saw this error failed: git ls-files -m -o\nmaxBuffer exceeded' intermittently.
full error message:

Full error message

[5:23:56 PM] [semantic-release] › ℹ  Running semantic-release version 23.0.2
[5:23:56 PM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "verifyConditions" from "@semantic-release/github"
[5:23:56 PM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "verifyConditions" from "@semantic-release/changelog"
[5:23:56 PM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "verifyConditions" from "@semantic-release/git"
[5:23:56 PM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "analyzeCommits" from "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer"
[5:23:56 PM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "generateNotes" from "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator"
[5:23:56 PM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "prepare" from "@semantic-release/changelog"
[5:23:56 PM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "prepare" from "@semantic-release/git"
[5:23:56 PM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "publish" from "@semantic-release/github"
[5:23:56 PM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "addChannel" from "@semantic-release/github"
[5:23:56 PM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "success" from "@semantic-release/github"
[5:23:56 PM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "fail" from "@semantic-release/github"
[5:23:58 PM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Run automated release from branch master on repository https://github.com/org/our-repo-name.git
[5:23:58 PM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Allowed to push to the Git repository
[5:23:58 PM] [semantic-release] › ℹ  Start step "verifyConditions" of plugin "@semantic-release/github"
[5:23:58 PM] [semantic-release] [@semantic-release/github] › ℹ  Verify GitHub authentication
[5:23:58 PM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Completed step "verifyConditions" of plugin "@semantic-release/github"
[5:23:58 PM] [semantic-release] › ℹ  Start step "verifyConditions" of plugin "@semantic-release/changelog"
[5:23:58 PM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Completed step "verifyConditions" of plugin "@semantic-release/changelog"
[5:23:58 PM] [semantic-release] › ℹ  Start step "verifyConditions" of plugin "@semantic-release/git"
[5:23:58 PM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Completed step "verifyConditions" of plugin "@semantic-release/git"
[5:23:58 PM] [semantic-release] › ℹ  Found git tag v1.4.3 associated with version 1.4.3 on branch master
[5:23:58 PM] [semantic-release] › ℹ  Found 1 commits since last release
[5:23:58 PM] [semantic-release] › ℹ  Start step "analyzeCommits" of plugin "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer"
[5:23:58 PM] [semantic-release] [@semantic-release/commit-analyzer] › ℹ  Analyzing commit: fix: Something
[5:23:58 PM] [semantic-release] [@semantic-release/commit-analyzer] › ℹ  The release type for the commit is patch
[5:23:58 PM] [semantic-release] [@semantic-release/commit-analyzer] › ℹ  Analysis of 1 commits complete: patch release
[5:23:58 PM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Completed step "analyzeCommits" of plugin "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer"
[5:23:58 PM] [semantic-release] › ℹ  The next release version is 1.4.4
[5:23:58 PM] [semantic-release] › ℹ  Start step "generateNotes" of plugin "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator"
[5:23:59 PM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Completed step "generateNotes" of plugin "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator"
[5:23:59 PM] [semantic-release] › ℹ  Start step "prepare" of plugin "@semantic-release/changelog"
[5:23:59 PM] [semantic-release] [@semantic-release/changelog] › ℹ  Update /CHANGELOG.md
[5:23:59 PM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Completed step "prepare" of plugin "@semantic-release/changelog"
[5:23:59 PM] [semantic-release] › ℹ  Start step "prepare" of plugin "@semantic-release/git"
[5:24:07 PM] [semantic-release] › ✘  Failed step "prepare" of plugin "@semantic-release/git"
[5:24:08 PM] [semantic-release] › ✘  An error occurred while running semantic-release: MaxBufferError: Command failed: git ls-files -m -o
maxBuffer exceeded
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17:24:16 sys/kernel/slab/:A-0001024/cgroup/signal_cache(107758:8d0201d2261a3edce188de203f06bb40d386bac659d300d08e5f46996c21d35e)/alloc_calls
17:24:16 sys/kernel/slab/:A-0001024/cgroup/signal_cache(107758:8d0201d2261a3edce188de203f06bb40d386bac659d300d08e5f46996c21d35e)/cache_dma
17:24:16 sys/kernel/slab/:A-0001024/cgroup/signal_cache(107758:8d0201d2261a3edce188de203f06bb40d386bac659d300d08e5f46996c21d35e)/cpu_partial
17:24:16 sys/kernel/slab/:A-0001024/cgroup/signal_cache(107758:8d0201d2261a3edce188de203f06bb40d386bac659d300d08e5f46996c21d35e)/cpu_slabs
17:24:16 sys/kernel/slab/:A-0001024/cgroup/signal_cache(107758:8d0201d2261a3edce188de203f06bb40d386bac659d300d08e5f46996c21d35e)/ctor
17:24:16 sys/kernel/slab/:A-0001024/cgroup/signal_cache(107758:8d0201d2261a3edce188de203f06bb40d386bac659d300d08e5f46996c21d35e)/destroy_by_rcu
17:24:16 sys/kernel/slab/:A-0001024/cgroup/signal_cache(107758:8d0201d2261a3edce188de203f06bb40d386bac659d300d08e5f46996c21d35e)/free_calls
17:24:16 sys/kernel/slab/:A-0001024/cgroup/signal_cache(107758:8d0201d2261a3edce188de203f06bb40d386bac659d300d08e5f46996c21d35e)/hwcache_align
17:24:16 sys/kernel/slab/:A-0001024/cgroup/signal_cache(107758:8d0201d2261a3edce188de203f06bb40d386bac659d300d08e5f46996c21d35e)/min_partial
17:24:16 sys/kernel/slab/:A-0001024/cgroup/signal_cache(107758:8d0201d2261a3edce188de203f06bb40d386bac659d300d08e5f46996c21d35e)/object_size
17:24:16 sys/kernel/slab/:A-0001024/cgroup/signal_cache(107758:8d0201d2261a3edce188de203f06bb40d386bac659d300d08e5f46996c21d35e)/objects
17:24:16 sys/kernel/slab/:A-0001024/cgroup/signal_cache(107758:8d0201d2261a3edce188de203f06bb40d386bac659d300d08e5f46996c21d35e)/objects_partial
17:24:16 sys/kernel/slab/:A-0001024/cgroup/signal_cache(107758:8d0201d2261a3edce188de203f06bb40d386bac659d300d08e5f46996c21d35e)/objs_per_slab
17:24:16 sys/kernel/slab/:A-0001024/cgroup/signal_cache(107758:8d0201d2261a3edce188de203f06bb40d386bac659d300d08e5f46996c21d35e)/order
17:24:16 sys/kernel/slab/:A-0001024/cgroup/signal_cache(107758:8d0201d2261a3edce188de203f06bb40d386bac659d300d08e5f46996c21d35e)/partial
17:24:16 sys/kernel/slab/:A-0001024/cgroup/signal_cache(107758:8d0201d2261a3edce188de203f06bb40d386bac659d300d08e5f46996c21d35e)/poison
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17:24:16 �[90m    at addChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:559:12)�[39m
17:24:16 �[90m    at readableAddChunkPushByteMode (node:internal/streams/readable:510:3)�[39m
17:24:16 �[90m    at Readable.push (node:internal/streams/readable:390:5)�[39m
17:24:16 �[90m    at node:internal/streams/transform:178:12�[39m
17:24:16 �[90m    at PassThrough._transform (node:internal/streams/passthrough:46:3)�[39m
17:24:16 �[90m    at Transform._write (node:internal/streams/transform:171:8)�[39m
17:24:16 �[90m    at writeOrBuffer (node:internal/streams/writable:564:12)�[39m
17:24:16 �[90m    at _write (node:internal/streams/writable:493:10)�[39m {
17:24:16   originalMessage: �[32m'maxBuffer exceeded'�[39m,
17:24:16   shortMessage: �[32m'Command failed: git ls-files -m -o\nmaxBuffer exceeded'�[39m,

CI environment: Jenkins CI
VCS: GitHub
semantic-release version: 23.0.2
semantic-release/release-notes-generator version: 12.1.0
semantic-release/git version: 10.0.1
package.json

package.json

{
  "name": "our-repo-name",
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "release": {
    "branches": [
      {
        "name": "master"
      },
      {
        "name": "beta",
        "prerelease": true
      }
    ],
    "repositoryUrl": "https://github.com/org/our-repo-name.git",
    "ci": false,
    "debug": false,
    "dryRun": false,
    "plugins": [
      [
        "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
        {
          "preset": "angular",
          "releaseRules": [
            {
              "type": "docs",
              "release": "patch"
            },
            {
              "type": "no_release",
              "release": false
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      [
        "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
        {
          "preset": "conventionalcommits",
          "presetConfig": {
            "types": [
              {
                "type": "docs",
                "section": "Documentation",
                "hidden": false
              },
              {
                "type": "feat",
                "section": "Features",
                "hidden": false
              },
              {
                "type": "fix",
                "section": "Bug Fixes",
                "hidden": false
              },
              {
                "type": "perf",
                "section": "Performance Improvements",
                "hidden": false
              }
            ]
          },
          "writerOpts": {
            "commitsSort": [
              "subject",
              "scope"
            ]
          }
        }
      ],
      "@semantic-release/github",
      [
      "@semantic-release/changelog",
        {
          "changelogFile": "CHANGELOG.md"
        }
      ],
      [
        "@semantic-release/git",
        {
          "assets": ["CHANGELOG.md"]
        }
      ]
    ],
    "preset": "angular"
  }
}

I am wondering if anyone else is also encountering this and if our setting can be improved to avoid the error.

[manuel-mauky]

I'm having the same issue. Have you been able to fix/workaround it somehow?