Steps to reproduce
- Have a Flutter project that is a git repository (with a non-GitHub remote)
- Navigate to the project directory in terminal
- Run integration tests:
flutter test integration_test/ -d macos
- After tests complete, run:
flutter doctor
Note: This issue is intermittent and doesn't happen every time integration tests are run.
Expected results
flutter doctor should report the correct Flutter channel and version:
[✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 3.35.7, on macOS ...)
The Flutter installation should maintain its correct repository URL (https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git).
Actual results
flutter doctor reports an incorrect channel and version:
[!] Flutter (Channel [user-branch], 0.0.0-unknown, on macOS ...)
! Upstream repository https://[my-project-git-url] is not a standard remote.
Inspecting $FLUTTER_ROOT/bin/cache/flutter.version.json shows:
{
"frameworkVersion": "0.0.0-unknown",
"channel": "[user-branch]",
"repositoryUrl": "https://[my-project-git-url]",
...
}The repositoryUrl field contains the project's git remote URL instead of Flutter's GitHub repository URL.
Workaround: Delete the cache file and regenerate:
rm -f $FLUTTER_ROOT/bin/cache/flutter.version.json
flutter --version
Code sample
Root Cause Analysis:
In packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/version.dart (lines 632-636):
_repositoryUrl = _runGit(
'git ls-remote --get-url $remote',
globals.processUtils,
flutterRoot,
);
Despite passing flutterRoot as the working directory parameter, the git command sometimes executes in the project directory context instead, causing git ls-remote --get-url origin to return the project's remote URL, which then gets incorrectly cached.
Screenshots or Video
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Logs
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Flutter Doctor output
Doctor output (when issue occurs)
$ flutter doctor -v
[!] Flutter (Channel [user-branch], 0.0.0-unknown, on macOS 15.6.1 24G90 darwin-arm64, locale en-US)
! Flutter version 0.0.0-unknown on channel [user-branch] at /Users/user/Documents/flutter
Currently on an unknown channel. Run `flutter channel` to switch to an official channel.
Cannot resolve current version, possibly due to local changes.
Reinstall Flutter by following instructions at https://flutter.dev/setup.
! Upstream repository https://bitbucket.org/user/project.git is not a standard remote.
Set environment variable "FLUTTER_GIT_URL" to https://bitbucket.org/user/project.git to dismiss this error.
[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 36.0.0)
[✓] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 16.2)
[✓] Chrome - develop for the web
[✓] Android Studio (version 2024.3)
[✓] VS Code (version 1.105.1)
[✓] Connected device (2 available)
[✓] Network resources
! Doctor found issues in 1 category.Doctor output (after workaround)
$ flutter doctor -v
[✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 3.35.7, on macOS 15.6.1 24G90 darwin-arm64, locale en-US)
• Flutter version 3.35.7 at /Users/user/Documents/flutter
• Upstream repository https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git
• Framework revision adc9010625 (2 weeks ago), 2025-10-21 14:16:03 -0400
• Engine revision 035316565a
• Dart version 3.9.2
• DevTools version 2.48.0
[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 36.0.0)
[✓] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 16.2)
[✓] Chrome - develop for the web
[✓] Android Studio (version 2024.3)
[✓] VS Code (version 1.105.1)
[✓] Connected device (2 available)
[✓] Network resources
• No issues found!
Steps to reproduce
flutter test integration_test/ -d macosflutter doctorNote: This issue is intermittent and doesn't happen every time integration tests are run.
Expected results
flutter doctorshould report the correct Flutter channel and version:The Flutter installation should maintain its correct repository URL (
https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git).Actual results
flutter doctorreports an incorrect channel and version:Inspecting
$FLUTTER_ROOT/bin/cache/flutter.version.jsonshows:{ "frameworkVersion": "0.0.0-unknown", "channel": "[user-branch]", "repositoryUrl": "https://[my-project-git-url]", ... }The
repositoryUrlfield contains the project's git remote URL instead of Flutter's GitHub repository URL.Workaround: Delete the cache file and regenerate:
rm -f $FLUTTER_ROOT/bin/cache/flutter.version.json flutter --versionCode sample
Root Cause Analysis:
In
packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/version.dart(lines 632-636):Despite passing
flutterRootas the working directory parameter, the git command sometimes executes in the project directory context instead, causinggit ls-remote --get-url originto return the project's remote URL, which then gets incorrectly cached.Screenshots or Video
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Logs
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Flutter Doctor output
Doctor output (when issue occurs)
Doctor output (after workaround)