Repository is not clean. Please commit or stash any changes before updating In Angular 8

Question

Error

Repository is not clean. Please commit or stash any changes before updating

when i have updated from version 7 to Angular 8.

Angular Guide for upgrade https://update.angular.io/#7.0:8.0

  D:\app-test> ng update @angular/cli @angular/core
               npm cache verify

Repository is not clean. Please commit or stash any changes before updating.

Update Version

    PS D:\app-test> ng update
                Using package manager: 'npm'
                Collecting installed dependencies...
                Found 58 dependencies.
                    We analyzed your package.json, there are some packages to update:

                      Name                               Version                  Command to update
                     --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                      @angular/cdk                       7.2.2 -> 8.0.1           ng update @angular/cdk
                      @angular/core                      7.2.15 -> 8.0.1          ng update @angular/core
                      @angular/core                      7.2.2 -> 7.2.15          ng update @angular/core
                      @angular/material                  7.3.7 -> 8.0.1           ng update @angular/material
                      rxjs                               6.3.3 -> 6.5.2           ng update rxjs


                    There might be additional packages that are outdated.
                    Run "ng update --all" to try to update all at the same time.

                PS D:\app-test> ng update @angular/cdk
                Repository is not clean.  Please commit or stash any changes before updating.

i have checked git was not installed in project.

solution that worked

   git commit 

After Googling i have This is happening After Angular 8.

Bug

https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/issues/14600

Answer 1

It's a bug in Angular 8

you can work around it by using:

ng update @angular/cli @angular/core --allow-dirty