Where are the git log files? ie error log, output log etc

Question

When opening the commit window in intellij, intellij calls some git command and gets stuck saying "Performing VCS Refresh...". In order to debug the problem I'd like to see the git log. Searching on google for terms like "git log" clearly points to the wrong thing.

Any ideas where the git error log is located?

Answer 1

git doesn't log anything: It reports all messages to stdout and stderr. If there are any specific logs about what's going on, they'd probably be in the IntelliJ Event Log. That being said, have you tried running a git fetch --all or anything similar manually? Getting IntelliJ out of the way might make the underlying issue clearer.