[Bug]: ext_pillar with gitfs and gitcli returns empty response.

What happened?

I tried to upgrade from 3007 to 3008. It does not work, because the pillar data returned by pillar.items is empty.

I changed from pygit2 to gitcli provider explicitly.

3007 configuration:

fileserver_backend:
  - git

gitfs_update_interval: 30
gitfs_base: main

gitfs_remotes:
  - "ssh://git@gitlab.internal/repo-sls.git":
    - pubkey:  /etc/salt/ssh-creds/id_ed25519.pub
    - privkey: /etc/salt/ssh-creds/id_ed25519

ext_pillar:
  - git:
    - __env__ ssh://git@gitlab.internal/repo-pillar.git:
      - base: main
      - pubkey:  /etc/salt/ssh-creds/id_ed25519.pub
      - privkey: /etc/salt/ssh-creds/id_ed25519

3008 configuration:

# explicitly use the `git` CLI commands, instead of pygit, Finally we get rid of pygit2
gitfs_provider: gitcli
git_pillar_provider: gitcli

fileserver_backend:
  - gitfs

gitfs_update_interval: 30
gitfs_base: main
git_pillar_base: main
pillarenv_from_saltenv: True
pillar_raise_on_missing: True
git_pillar_branch: main

gitfs_remotes:
  - "ssh://git@gitlab.internal/repo-sls.git"

ext_pillar:
  - git:
    - __env__ ssh://git@gitlab.internal/repo-pillar.git:
      - base: main

salt -l debug minionXY pillar.items pillarenv=base
[DEBUG   ] Reading configuration from /etc/salt/master
[DEBUG   ] Including configuration from '/etc/salt/master.d/main.conf'
[DEBUG   ] Reading configuration from /etc/salt/master.d/main.conf
[DEBUG   ] Using cached minion ID from /etc/salt/minion_id: nbg-saltmaster-01
[DEBUG   ] Missing configuration file: /root/.saltrc
[WARNING ] Insecure logging configuration detected! Sensitive data may be logged.
[DEBUG   ] Configuration file path: /etc/salt/master
[DEBUG   ] tracing.configure called but tracing.enabled is false (pid=867863, service=)
[DEBUG   ] Reading configuration from /etc/salt/master
[DEBUG   ] Including configuration from '/etc/salt/master.d/main.conf'
[DEBUG   ] Reading configuration from /etc/salt/master.d/main.conf
[DEBUG   ] Using cached minion ID from /etc/salt/minion_id: nbg-saltmaster-01
[DEBUG   ] Missing configuration file: /root/.saltrc
[DEBUG   ] Using selector: EpollSelector
[DEBUG   ] Using selector: EpollSelector
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'base64_encode' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'base64_decode' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'md5' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'sha1' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'sha256' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'sha512' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'hmac' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'hmac_compute' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'random_hash' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'rand_str' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'file_hashsum' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'http_query' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'ifelse' as a jinja global
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'strftime' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'date_format' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'raise' as a jinja global
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'match' as a jinja test
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'equalto' as a jinja test
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'skip' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'sequence' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'to_bool' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'indent' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'quote' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'regex_escape' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'regex_search' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'regex_match' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'regex_replace' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'uuid' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'unique' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'min' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'max' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'avg' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'union' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'intersect' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'difference' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'symmetric_difference' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'method_call' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'tojson' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'yaml_dquote' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'yaml_squote' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Marking 'yaml_encode' as a jinja filter
[DEBUG   ] Popen(['git', 'version'], cwd=/home/benedikt.heine, stdin=None, shell=False, universal_newlines=False)
[DEBUG   ] Popen(['git', 'version'], cwd=/home/benedikt.heine, stdin=None, shell=False, universal_newlines=False)
[DEBUG   ] PubClient connecting to <salt.transport.tcp.PublishClient object at 0x7f8ca6fc30e0> '/var/run/salt/master/master_event_pub.ipc'
[DEBUG   ] PubClient connected to <salt.transport.tcp.PublishClient object at 0x7f8ca6fc30e0> '/var/run/salt/master/master_event_pub.ipc'
[DEBUG   ] Closing AsyncReqChannel instance
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'local_cache' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] LazyLoaded local_cache.get_load
[DEBUG   ] Reading minion list from /var/cache/salt/master/jobs/40/7dd0703cdcbd187b4c9eb83779fa33a5e5759af9ab4e105f2f4cccd1bd867a/.minions.p
[DEBUG   ] get_iter_returns for jid 20260907163442373578 sent to {'minionXY'} will timeout at 16:34:47.393519
[DEBUG   ] Skipping non return event: salt/job/20260907163442373578/publish
[DEBUG   ] jid 20260907163442373578 return from minionXY
[DEBUG   ] return event: {'minionXY': {'ret': {}, 'retcode': 0, 'jid': '20260907163442373578'}}
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'nested' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] LazyLoaded nested.output
minionXY:
    ----------
[DEBUG   ] jid 20260907163442373578 found all minions {'minionXY'}
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'localfs_key' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] LazyLoaded localfs_key.list_all

$> salt-run -l trace git_pillar.update
[TRACE   ] Setting up log file logging: {'log_path': '/var/log/salt/master', 'log_level': 'info', 'log_format': '%(asctime)s,%(msecs)03d [%(name)-17s:%(lineno)-4d][%(levelname)-8s][%(process)d] %(message)s', 'date_format': '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S', 'max_bytes': 0, 'backup_count': 0, 'user': 'salt'}
[TRACE   ] Processing <bound method SaltfileMixIn.process_saltfile of <salt.cli.run.SaltRun object at 0x7f965a9cee40>>
[TRACE   ] Processing <bound method ConfigDirMixIn.process_config_dir of <salt.cli.run.SaltRun object at 0x7f965a9cee40>>
[DEBUG   ] Reading configuration from /etc/salt/master
[DEBUG   ] Including configuration from '/etc/salt/master.d/main.conf'
[DEBUG   ] Reading configuration from /etc/salt/master.d/main.conf
[DEBUG   ] Using cached minion ID from /etc/salt/minion_id: nbg-saltmaster-01
[DEBUG   ] Missing configuration file: /root/.saltrc
[TRACE   ] Processing <bound method JIDMixin.process_jid of <salt.cli.run.SaltRun object at 0x7f965a9cee40>>
[TRACE   ] Processing <bound method OutputOptionsMixIn.process_output of <salt.cli.run.SaltRun object at 0x7f965a9cee40>>
[TRACE   ] Processing <bound method OutputOptionsMixIn.process_output_file of <salt.cli.run.SaltRun object at 0x7f965a9cee40>>
[TRACE   ] Processing <bound method OutputOptionsMixIn.process_state_verbose of <salt.cli.run.SaltRun object at 0x7f965a9cee40>>
[TRACE   ] Processing <bound method NoParseMixin.process_no_parse of <salt.cli.run.SaltRun object at 0x7f965a9cee40>>
[TRACE   ] Processing functools.partial(<function OutputOptionsMixIn._mixin_setup.<locals>.process at 0x7f965efa6610>, <CustomOption at 0x7f965a1384b0: --out-indent/--output-indent>)
[TRACE   ] Processing functools.partial(<function OutputOptionsMixIn._mixin_setup.<locals>.process at 0x7f965e79a8d0>, <CustomOption at 0x7f965a138910: --out-file-append/--output-file-append>)
[TRACE   ] Processing functools.partial(<function OutputOptionsMixIn._mixin_setup.<locals>.process at 0x7f9660997060>, <CustomOption at 0x7f965a1389f0: --no-color/--no-colour>)
[TRACE   ] Processing functools.partial(<function OutputOptionsMixIn._mixin_setup.<locals>.process at 0x7f965a1710c0>, <CustomOption at 0x7f965a138ad0: --force-color/--force-colour>)
[TRACE   ] Processing functools.partial(<function OutputOptionsMixIn._mixin_setup.<locals>.process at 0x7f965a171170>, <CustomOption at 0x7f965a138d70: --state-output/--state_output>)
[TRACE   ] Processing <bound method LogLevelMixIn.process_log_level of <salt.cli.run.SaltRun object at 0x7f965a9cee40>>
[TRACE   ] Processing <bound method LogLevelMixIn.process_log_file of <salt.cli.run.SaltRun object at 0x7f965a9cee40>>
[TRACE   ] Processing <bound method LogLevelMixIn.process_log_level_logfile of <salt.cli.run.SaltRun object at 0x7f965a9cee40>>
[TRACE   ] Processing <function OutputOptionsMixIn._mixin_after_parsed at 0x7f965a13dc70>
[TRACE   ] Processing <function SaltRunOptionParser._mixin_after_parsed at 0x7f965a13f7f0>
[TRACE   ] Processing <function LogLevelMixIn.__setup_logging_routines at 0x7f965a13c1a0>
[TRACE   ] Processing <function MergeConfigMixIn.__merge_config_with_cli at 0x7f965a137a00>
[TRACE   ] Processing <function LogLevelMixIn.__setup_console_logger_config at 0x7f965a13c510>
[TRACE   ] Processing <function LogLevelMixIn.__setup_logfile_logger_config at 0x7f965a13c5c0>
[TRACE   ] Processing <function LogLevelMixIn.__setup_logging_config at 0x7f965a13c670>
[TRACE   ] Processing <function LogLevelMixIn.__verify_logging at 0x7f965a13c7d0>
[WARNING ] Insecure logging configuration detected! Sensitive data may be logged.
[TRACE   ] Processing <function LogLevelMixIn.__setup_logging at 0x7f965a13c720>
[TRACE   ] Setting up console logging: {'log_level': 'trace', 'log_format': '[%(levelname)-8s] %(message)s', 'date_format': '%H:%M:%S'}
[TRACE   ] Setting up log file logging: {'log_path': '/var/log/salt/master', 'log_level': 'info', 'log_format': '%(asctime)s,%(msecs)03d [%(name)-17s:%(lineno)-4d][%(levelname)-8s][%(process)d] %(message)s', 'date_format': '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S', 'max_bytes': 0, 'backup_count': 0, 'user': 'salt'}
[DEBUG   ] Configuration file path: /etc/salt/master
[DEBUG   ] Popen(['git', 'version'], cwd=None, stdin=None, shell=False, universal_newlines=False)
[DEBUG   ] Popen(['git', 'version'], cwd=None, stdin=None, shell=False, universal_newlines=False)
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'git_pillar' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] LazyLoaded git_pillar.update
[DEBUG   ] Reading configuration from /etc/salt/master
[DEBUG   ] Including configuration from '/etc/salt/master.d/main.conf'
[DEBUG   ] Reading configuration from /etc/salt/master.d/main.conf
[DEBUG   ] Using cached minion ID from /etc/salt/minion_id: nbg-saltmaster-01
[DEBUG   ] Grains refresh requested. Refreshing grains.
[DEBUG   ] Reading configuration from /etc/salt/master
[DEBUG   ] Including configuration from '/etc/salt/master.d/main.conf'
[DEBUG   ] Reading configuration from /etc/salt/master.d/main.conf
[TRACE   ] 'drill' could not be found in the following search path: '['/usr/local/sbin', '/usr/local/bin', '/usr/sbin', '/usr/bin', '/sbin', '/bin', '/snap/bin']'
[TRACE   ] 'drill' could not be found in the following search path: '['/usr/local/sbin', '/usr/local/bin', '/usr/sbin', '/usr/bin', '/sbin', '/bin', '/snap/bin']'
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'core' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'disks' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'extra' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'lvm' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'mdadm' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'minion_process' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'opts' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'package' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[TRACE   ] Error loading grains.pending_reboot: 'pending_reboot' grain only available on Windows
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'resources' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'truststore' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[TRACE   ] Loading core.append_domain grain
[TRACE   ] Loading core.cwd grain
[TRACE   ] Loading core.default_gateway grain
[TRACE   ] Loading core.dns grain
[TRACE   ] Loading core.fibre_channel_host grain
[TRACE   ] Loading core.fqdns grain
[TRACE   ] Loading core.get_machine_id grain
[TRACE   ] Loading core.get_master grain
[TRACE   ] Loading core.get_server_id grain
[TRACE   ] Loading core.hostname grain
[TRACE   ] Loading core.hwaddr_interfaces grain
[TRACE   ] Loading core.id_ grain
[TRACE   ] Loading core.ip4_interfaces grain
[TRACE   ] Loading core.ip6_interfaces grain
[TRACE   ] Loading core.ip_fqdn grain
[TRACE   ] Loading core.ip_interfaces grain
[TRACE   ] Loading core.kernelparams grain
[TRACE   ] Loading core.locale_info grain
[TRACE   ] Loading core.os_data grain
[TRACE   ] Adding systemd grains
[TRACE   ] Adding init grain
[TRACE   ] Getting lsb_release distro information
[TRACE   ] lsb_release python bindings not available
[TRACE   ] Attempting to parse /etc/lsb-release
[TRACE   ] Getting OS name, release, and codename from freedesktop_os_release
[TRACE   ] Getting OS name, release, and codename from distro id, version, codename
[TRACE   ] 'virt-what' could not be found in the following search path: '['/usr/local/sbin', '/usr/local/bin', '/usr/sbin', '/usr/bin', '/sbin', '/bin', '/snap/bin']'
[TRACE   ] Loading core.path grain
[TRACE   ] Loading core.pythonexecutable grain
[TRACE   ] Loading core.pythonpath grain
[TRACE   ] Loading core.pythonversion grain
[TRACE   ] Loading core.saltpath grain
[TRACE   ] Loading core.saltversion grain
[TRACE   ] Loading core.saltversioninfo grain
[TRACE   ] Loading core.zmqversion grain
[TRACE   ] Loading disks.disks grain
[TRACE   ] Device sr0 reports itself as an HDD
[TRACE   ] Device sda reports itself as an HDD
[TRACE   ] Loading extra.config grain
[TRACE   ] Loading extra.get_secure_boot_path grain
[TRACE   ] Loading extra.shell grain
[TRACE   ] Loading extra.transactional grain
[TRACE   ] 'transactional-update' could not be found in the following search path: '['/usr/local/sbin', '/usr/local/bin', '/usr/sbin', '/usr/bin', '/sbin', '/bin', '/snap/bin']'
[TRACE   ] Loading extra.uefi grain
[TRACE   ] Loading lvm.lvm grain
[TRACE   ] Loading mdadm.mdadm grain
[TRACE   ] Loading minion_process.grains grain
[TRACE   ] Loading opts.opts grain
[TRACE   ] Loading package.package grain
[TRACE   ] Loading resources.resources grain
[TRACE   ] Loading truststore.ca_truststore grain
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'auth' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'batch' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'cache' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'cluster' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'config' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'doc' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'error' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'event' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'fileserver' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'http' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'jobs' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'manage' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'match' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'mine' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[TRACE   ] Error loading runners.net: The napalm module could not be imported
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'network' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'pillar' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'pki' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'queue' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'reactor' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'resource' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'salt' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'saltutil' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'sdb' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'ssh' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'state' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'survey' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'test' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'winrepo' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] Using selector: EpollSelector
[DEBUG   ] Using selector: EpollSelector
[DEBUG   ] Publisher connecting to /var/run/salt/master/master_event_pull.ipc
[DEBUG   ] gitcli git_pillar_provider enabled
[DEBUG   ] register_cleanup_finalize_function entry, function=<function gitfs_finalize_cleanup at 0x7f9657db59b0>, args=('/var/cache/salt/master',), kwargs={}
[DEBUG   ] GitCLI running: git -c core.quotepath=false rev-parse --is-bare-repository in /var/cache/salt/master/git_pillar/6UMN6PLOTjtzIOfVZQddUm_lEiq5dnEwwtfYWjzDVfo=/main
[INFO    ] Set update lock for git_pillar remote '__env__ ssh://git@gitlab-internal/repo-pillar.git' on machine_id '6604054a6d6a47a8ae7c1b8c396ca313'
[DEBUG   ] Fetching git_pillar remote '__env__ ssh://git@gitlab-internal/repo-pillar.git'
[DEBUG   ] GitCLI running: git -c core.quotepath=false fetch --prune --quiet origin --depth 1 +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/* in /var/cache/salt/master/git_pillar/6UMN6PLOTjtzIOfVZQddUm_lEiq5dnEwwtfYWjzDVfo=/main
[DEBUG   ] Attempting to remove 'update' lock for 'git_pillar' remote '__env__ ssh://git@gitlab-internal/repo-pillar.git' due to lock_set1 'True' or lock_set2 'True'
[DEBUG   ] Removed update lock for git_pillar remote '__env__ ssh://git@gitlab-internal/repo-pillar.git' on machine_id '6604054a6d6a47a8ae7c1b8c396ca313'
[DEBUG   ] Attempt to remove lock ssh://git@gitlab-internal/repo-pillar.git for file (/var/cache/salt/master/git_pillar/work/6UMN6PLOTjtzIOfVZQddUm_lEiq5dnEwwtfYWjzDVfo=/main/update.lk) which does not exist, exception : [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/cache/salt/master/git_pillar/work/6... repohash removed ...fo=/main/update.lk' 
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'local_cache' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] LazyLoaded local_cache.prep_jid
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'localfs_key' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] LazyLoaded localfs_key.list_all
[DEBUG   ] resource_registry: derived-index rebuild 0.000s (0 types, 0 minions, version=(None, 0))
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'localfs' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] LazyLoaded localfs.list
[DEBUG   ] Adding minions for job 20260907160900315806: []
[DEBUG   ] The functions from module 'nested' are being loaded by dir() on the loaded module
[DEBUG   ] LazyLoaded nested.output
[TRACE   ] data = {'__env__ ssh://git@gitlab-internal/repo-pillar.git': True}
__env__ ssh://git@gitlab-internal/repo-pillar.git:
    True
[INFO    ] Runner completed: 20260907160900315806
[DEBUG   ] Closing _TCPPubServerPublisher instance
[DEBUG   ] Runner return: {'fun': 'runner.git_pillar.update', 'jid': '20260907160900315806', 'user': 'salt', 'fun_args': [], '_stamp': '2026-09-07T16:09:01.188308+00:00', 'return': {'__env__ ssh://git@gitlab.3q.gmbh:2503/sdn/infra/saltstack-pillar.git': True}, 'success': True}

After downgrading, everything works fine again.

Type of salt install

Official deb

Major version

3008.x

What supported OS are you seeing the problem on? Can select multiple. (If bug appears on an unsupported OS, please open a GitHub Discussion instead)

ubuntu-24.04, ubuntu-22.04

salt --versions-report output

Salt Version:
          Salt: 3008.2
 
Python Version:
        Python: 3.14.6 (main, Jun 11 2026, 02:19:05) [GCC 11.2.0]
 
Dependency Versions:
          cffi: 2.0.0
      cherrypy: 18.10.0
  cryptography: 48.0.0
      dateutil: 2.9.0.post0
     docker-py: Not Installed
         gitdb: 4.0.12
     gitpython: 3.1.50
        Jinja2: 3.1.6
       libgit2: Not Installed
  looseversion: 1.3.0
      M2Crypto: Not Installed
          Mako: Not Installed
       msgpack: 1.1.2
  msgpack-pure: Not Installed
  mysql-python: Not Installed
     packaging: 24.0
     pycparser: 3.00
      pycrypto: Not Installed
  pycryptodome: 3.23.0
        pygit2: Not Installed
  python-gnupg: 0.5.6
        PyYAML: 6.0.3
         PyZMQ: 27.1.0
        relenv: 0.22.14
         smmap: 5.0.2
       timelib: 0.3.0
       Tornado: 6.5.7
           ZMQ: 4.3.5
 
Salt Package Information:
  Package Type: onedir
 
System Versions:
          dist: ubuntu 22.04.5 jammy
        locale: utf-8
       machine: x86_64
       release: 5.15.0-170-generic
        system: Linux
       version: Ubuntu 22.04.5 jammy

Reproduce the empty response with pillar.items and run git_pillar.update using the 3008 gitcli configuration shown. Trace the gitfs and ext_pillar handling for these entry points, compare it with the 3007 configuration, and consider the issue done when the configured pillar repository produces non-empty pillar data.