TypeError: Expected a plain str for value not: <type 'unicode'> in bzrlib._btree_serializer_pyx._flatten_node during commit

[AbstractCoder]

I was working through the user guide and was on the section "Personal version control". I had used the "Starting a new project" section with bzr init-repo.

I had got as far as the "Undoing mistakes" with no problems. But once I attempted the commit in this section:

bzr add TODO
bzr commit -m "added TODO"
(hack, hack, hack - but don't change TODO)
bzr remove TODO
(TODO file deleted)

I got the error when using this command: bzr commit -m "added a file"

For my testing I had been using slightly different names and the text changes I made.

After getting the error I could just "bzr update" and the branch seems to contain the commit with no other problems. Then I created a new branch my.main2 and tested and this one works fine. But the first one: my.main still causes the error.

attached are all the crash reports I got while testing it and the section of my log file from today.

I have only just started learning Bazaar so sorry if I have missed something. I had a search around and could not find any other references of this problem.

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 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/commands.py", line 842, in exception_to_return_code
     return the_callable(*args, **kwargs)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/commands.py", line 1037, in run_bzr
     ret = run(*run_argv)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/commands.py", line 654, in run_argv_aliases
     return self.run(**all_cmd_args)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/builtins.py", line 3058, in run
     exclude=safe_relpath_files(tree, exclude))
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/decorators.py", line 192, in write_locked
     result = unbound(self, *args, **kwargs)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/workingtree_4.py", line 197, in commit
     result = WorkingTree3.commit(self, message, revprops, *args, **kwargs)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/decorators.py", line 192, in write_locked
     result = unbound(self, *args, **kwargs)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/mutabletree.py", line 229, in commit
     *args, **kwargs)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/commit.py", line 396, in commit
     self.branch.set_last_revision_info(new_revno, self.rev_id)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/decorators.py", line 192, in write_locked
     result = unbound(self, *args, **kwargs)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/branch.py", line 2501, in set_last_revision_info
     self._run_post_change_branch_tip_hooks(old_revno, old_revid)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/branch.py", line 1081, in _run_post_change_branch_tip_hooks
     hook(params)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/plugins/search/__init__.py", line 59, in auto_index_branch
     search_index.index_branch(result.branch, result.new_revid)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/plugins/search/index.py", line 321, in index_branch
     self.index_revisions(branch, revs_to_index)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/plugins/search/index.py", line 336, in index_revisions
     outer_bar)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/plugins/search/index.py", line 384, in _index_revisions
     self._add_index(builder)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/plugins/search/index.py", line 397, in _add_index
     self._upload_transport)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/plugins/search/index.py", line 1113, in upload_index
     "documents", writer)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/plugins/search/index.py", line 996, in _add_index_to_pack
     index_file = index.finish()
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/btree_index.py", line 425, in finish
     return self._write_nodes(self.iter_all_entries())[0]
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/btree_index.py", line 377, in _write_nodes
     self.reference_lists)
   File "_btree_serializer_pyx.pyx", line 372, in bzrlib._btree_serializer_pyx._flatten_node
 TypeError: Expected a plain str for value not: <type 'unicode'>

[Martin Pool (mbp)]

This seems to be a bug in the bzr-search plugin. If you uninstall it you should be able to continue.

[Robert Collins (lifeless)]

What does "dpkg -l bzr-search" report

thanks,
Rob

[AbstractCoder (dev-abstractcoder)]

Result of command before uninstall:

steve@mainpc:~$ dpkg -l bzr-search
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii bzr-search 1.7.0~bzr70-1 search plugin for Bazaar
steve@mainpc:~$

Result of command after uninstall:

steve@mainpc:~$ dpkg -l bzr-search
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-=================================-=================================-==================================================================================
un bzr-search <none> (no description available)
steve@mainpc:~$

Removing the bzr-search did sort it out.

Thanks for the help,

Steve