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I am getting the following error messages when syncing a TDS 5.5 project:

Item template with path ... already exists

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Found duplicate id ... for item ... and ... in project. Please remove one of these items from your project before attempting to sync with Sitecore.

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This error happens for many items, and there are definitely no duplicates—neither in the project file, nor on disk.

This might have begun after I updated TDS to a newer version.

How do I fix these errors?

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  • Did you try the solutions from here: sitecore.stackexchange.com/questions/750/… ?
    – jammykam
    Commented Oct 7, 2016 at 9:14
  • Thank you for the link! That question looks similar, although the error message is a little bit different, and I think it's shown in the Output window, while for me the errors are shown as modal popups. The answers from that question do not work.
    – Dmytro Shevchenko
    Commented Oct 7, 2016 at 9:17
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    I'm sure I've seen that duplicate ID issue before but can't for the life of me remember exactly what the issue was. It could have been something to do with whitespace and newline handling in the GIT repo (but it's a hazy memory as we've switched to Unicorn over here now). Have you tried getting in touch with the TDS support guys? I always found them to be very helpful & responsive back in the day.
    – Owen Niblock
    Commented Oct 7, 2016 at 12:52
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    @OwenNiblock You're right, it could be related to GIT line endings. Maybe the TDS caching subsystem can't handle them properly. See the fix I posted as an answer.
    – Dmytro Shevchenko
    Commented Oct 7, 2016 at 12:59

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There is a reliable fix.

  1. Go to Tools→Options→TDS Options and set Background Cache Loading to False.

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  1. Restart Visual Studio.
  2. Set Background Cache Loading back to True.

Errors will stop after these steps—courtesy of Angel from TDS support.

The errors are caused by broken cache files. Changing the Background Cache Loading makes TDS rebuild the cache from scratch, hence fixing the issue.

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    Fantastic! This worked for me. What a lifesaver...
    – tjans
    Commented Jun 6, 2017 at 14:41
  • any other way to work on this error. Above mentioned approach didn't work for me.
    – Shaurya
    Commented May 20, 2019 at 15:29

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