bat fails to run due to dependency on older libgit2 version on macOS

[applebait]

Hello,

I am having an issue running bat on my macOS system. When I try to run bat, I get the following error message:

dyld[15323]: Library not loaded: /opt/homebrew/opt/libgit2@1.7/lib/libgit2.1.7.dylib
  Referenced from: <968B81E5-4BAB-323C-8FD5-1BFB54F3052D> /opt/homebrew/Cellar/bat/0.24.0_1/bin/bat
  Reason: tried: '/opt/homebrew/opt/libgit2@1.7/lib/libgit2.1.7.dylib' (no such file), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/opt/homebrew/opt/libgit2@1.7/lib/libgit2.1.7.dylib' (no such file), '/opt/homebrew/opt/libgit2@1.7/lib/libgit2.1.7.dylib' (no such file), '/opt/homebrew/Cellar/libgit2/1.8.1/lib/libgit2.1.7.dylib' (no such file), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/opt/homebrew/Cellar/libgit2/1.8.1/lib/libgit2.1.7.dylib' (no such file), '/opt/homebrew/Cellar/libgit2/1.8.1/lib/libgit2.1.7.dylib' (no such file)

It appears that bat is trying to load libgit2.1.7.dylib, but I have libgit2 version 1.8.1 installed on my system. I tried reinstalling both bat and libgit2 using Homebrew, but the issue persists.
I am currently unable to uninstall libgit2 1.8.1 because other installed applications depend on it.
I would appreciate any guidance on how to resolve this issue. Please let me know if you need any additional information about my system or the steps I've taken.

Thanks.

[applebait]

Ok, this is far from a bat issue. This is a libgit2 issue. I just installed libgit2@1.7 and it's all working again.

[suchcodemuchwow]

I'm having the same issue how did you download libgit2@1.7, did you install from source?

[adamreese]

I ran brew uninstall bat && brew install bat and the issue seemed to be resolved

[marcoreni]

I solved this with brew install libgit2@1.7.

[LanikSJ]

I ran brew uninstall bat && brew install bat and the issue seemed to be resolved

This was addressed upstream by Homebrew: Homebrew/homebrew-core#166767

[simon-aira]

Thanks to this thread, I resolved this be using brew uninstall bat && brew install bat. Out of curiousity – why did not brew upgrade bat help? I tried that first and it didn't help..

[squatto]

I'd recommend using brew reinstall bat instead of brew uninstall bat && brew install bat. Using reinstall ensures that the reinstall uses the original installation options.

From the help:

Usage: brew reinstall [options] formula|cask [...]

Uninstall and then reinstall a formula or cask using the same options it was
originally installed with, plus any appended options specific to a formula.

[mercxry]

I was having this issue today and I solved it by reinstalling libgit2@1.7 with: brew reinstall libgit2@1.7

[Almazatun]

Thanks to this thread, I resolved this be using brew uninstall bat && brew install bat. Out of curiousity – why did not brew upgrade bat help? I tried that first and it didn't help..

Thanks 👍