# INVESTIGATION: Git Commit Failure for Navigation Bug Documentation
Date: 2025-09-13
Issue: Git commit failing when trying to preserve dropdown bug investigation

## Problem Statement
Cannot commit MDP documentation for BUG_dropdown_behind_cards_2025-09-07. Files are staged but commit fails with pre-commit hook errors.

## Investigation Steps

### 1. Verified Files Exist
- Location: 3.7 Evidence Archive\Features\Navigation\BUGS\BUG_dropdown_behind_cards_2025-09-07
- Files present: INVESTIGATION.md, SOLUTION.md, LESSONS.md, BACKUP_LOG.md, TODAY_CHANGES.md
- Files were properly staged with git add

### 2. Attempted Standard Commit
Command: git commit -m "MDP: Document Navigation dropdown bug investigation"
Result: Multiple pre-commit hook failures

### 3. Root Cause Analysis
Pre-commit hooks failing due to:
- detect-secrets: "Unable to read baseline" (repeated errors)
- bandit: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pbr'  
- check-added-large-files: BACKUP_BEFORE_CLEANUP files exceed 500KB limit
- trailing-whitespace: Auto-fixing whitespace then rolling back

### 4. Hook Configuration Check
- Pre-commit hook exists at .git\hooks\pre-commit
- Multiple security and quality checks configured
- Pre-commit environment missing required dependencies (pbr module)
- Baseline file for detect-secrets is missing

## Root Cause
Pre-commit hooks are misconfigured or have missing dependencies, blocking all commits including critical documentation.