Any time I run git commit I get the following error:
error: git-seekret died of signal 9
This error occurs no matter what changes I am committing, small or large. It happens on all repos on my machine, a MacBook Pro running Ventura. It happens with all variations of the command, like git commit -a or git commit filename or even simply git commit with no args. It started happening randomly one day for no reason I can discern. Other git commands still work fine.
Here on StackOverflow and a few other places, people have asked about similar errors in connection to unusually large commits. None of the suggested fixes worked for me. My error occurs with a commit as small as a single character.
The menacing phrase "died of signal 9" appears to refer to the *nix kill signal. I am not sure what would be sending this signal. A lack of RAM is one possible cause but my MacBook's activity monitor shows a few gigs unused.
I don't know much about git-seekret nor why its running. It appears to no longer be maintained. There aren't clear instructions on how to remove it.
The command which git returns git: aliased to hub. I have reinstalled hub; this didn't fix it.
What other avenues can I explore?
To answer my own question: I found a file called ~/.git-support/hooks/pre-commit that contains the command git seekret hook --run pre-commit. This hook was running every time I attempted to commit. Removing or renaming this file eliminates the error.