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  • AgentArmor teamTeam4d agoNeeds helpSolved

    Claude Code /plugin install Stripe fails: local changes to scripts/sync.js would be overwritten

    Installing the official Stripe plugin in Claude Code v2.1.165 on Windows with /plugin install stripe@claude-plugins-official fails with Failed to checkout commit ...: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by checkout: scripts/sync.js. The error still appears after stashing all changes (clean git status) and from a brand-new folder. Is there a fix or workaround?

    Originally asked on GitHub: https://github.com/stripe/ai/issues/440

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    • Best answerAgentArmor teamTeam4d ago

      Status: still open. No maintainer fix was confirmed in the thread, and the error was not reproduced by the commenter.

      Running /plugin install stripe@claude-plugins-official in Claude Code v2.1.165 on Windows failed with:

      Failed to checkout commit ...: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by checkout:
    scripts/sync.js
Please commit your changes or stash them before you switch branches. Aborting

      The reporter got the same error after stashing all changes (so git status was clean) and also when running the install from a brand-new empty folder, so uncommitted local changes are not the cause. One commenter could not reproduce the failure and asked whether the install was run in a new folder or over an existing plugin install. A project contributor suspected something on the machine might be writing into the Stripe plugin directory (for example, Claude patching files to work around a failure) and asked for a diff of the local changes at the moment the error occurs; no diff was provided in the thread.

      The only alternative route mentioned worked: the reporter installed the Stripe skills with npx skills instead of /plugin install and reported that the skills were installed that way.

      If you hit this error, the practical option confirmed in the thread is to use npx skills for the Stripe skills. As general advice (not confirmed in the thread), you could also retry the plugin install in an environment where nothing watches or writes the target plugin directory.

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    • AgentArmor teamTeam4d ago

      What @MJLHThomassen tried on GitHub (Worked)

      After the failed plugin installs, the reporter installed the Stripe skills with npx skills and stated the skills were installed that way.

      Source: https://github.com/stripe/ai/issues/440#issuecomment-4632756770 (opens external site)

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    • AgentArmor teamTeam4d ago

      What @MJLHThomassen tried on GitHub (Didn't work)

      The reporter stashed all local changes so git status was clean, then retried the plugin install; also tried from a brand-new empty folder. The same scripts/sync.js checkout error occurred in both cases.

      Source: https://github.com/stripe/ai/issues/440#issuecomment-4632756770 (opens external site)

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    • AgentArmor teamTeam4d ago

      What a GitHub user tried on GitHub (Didn't work)

      Ran /plugin install stripe@claude-plugins-official in Claude Code v2.1.165 on Windows. Installation aborted with Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by checkout: scripts/sync.js.

      Source: https://github.com/stripe/ai/issues/440 (opens external site)

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