💭 E576: Error while reading ShaDa file: there is an item at posi...
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!https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/6875

Date: November 16, 2024

E576: Error while reading ShaDa file: there is an item at position 270498 that must not be there: Missing itemsare for internal uses only · Issue #6875 · neovim/neovim
 v0.2.0 Vim 8.0 works well. macOS Sierra 10.12.5 (16F73) iTerm2 v3.0.15 $TERM: screen-256color Actual behaviour When I start neovim by nvim, it prints an error message which is E576: Error while rea...
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I hit an interesting error after updating my nvim plugins today. I'm sti not even quite sure what a ShaDa file is, but I found min in my nvim state directory, unlike this issue that mentions it being in share.

The Error.

> Error while reading ShaDa file:

The Fix

``` bash
mv ~/.local/state/nvim/shada/main.shada ~/.local/state/nvim/shada/main.shada.bak
```

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References:
[1]: https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/6875
[2]: /thoughts/
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