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lazygit 0.56.0 fails to run on macOS 26.2 #5279

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Describe the bug

lazygit crashes when I try to open it.

lazygit
2026/02/09 17:23:18 An error occurred! Please create an issue at: https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/issues

*fs.PathError chdir warning: unhandled Platform key FamilyDisplayName: no such file or directory
github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/utils/errors.go:13 (0x1054a37a4)
github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/git.go:72 (0x1054a37a5)
github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/gui.go:311 (0x1056382bc)
github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/gui.go:852 (0x10563bfd8)
github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/gui.go:873 (0x10563c408)
github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/utils/utils.go:80 (0x1052a598c)
github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/gui.go:872 (0x10563c38c)
github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/app/app.go:277 (0x10568c21c)
github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/app/app.go:48 (0x10568c1e5)
github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/app/entry_point.go:177 (0x10568dcd0)
github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/main.go:23 (0x10568ef38)
internal/runtime/atomic/types.go:194 (0x104f4bda8)

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  • Install nix via the lix installer curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf -L https://install.lix.systems/lix | NIX_INSTALLER_BINARY_ROOT="https://install.lix.systems/lix/2.92.0" sh -s -- install --no-confirm
  • Configure nix to use 25.11 instead of unstable nix registry pin nixpkgs github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-25.11
  • Install lazygit nix profile install nixpkgs#lazygit
  • launch lazygit in a git repo lazygit

Expected behavior

Lazygit would start

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Version info:

lazygit --version
commit=, build date=, build source=nix, version=0.56.0, os=darwin, arch=arm64, git version=2.51.2

Terminal info:

Terminal.app with fish shell

Additional context

(I'm opening the issue because terminal output asked me to)

Note

Please try updating to the latest version or manually building the latest master to see if the issue still occurs.

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