"Language’s ABI is too new" error in tree-sitter

[twhththt]

I added the following to my home-manager configuration

home.packages = with pkgs; [
  ((emacsPackagesFor emacsGit).withPackages (epkgs: [
    epkgs.tree-sitter
    epkgs.tree-sitter-langs
  ]))
];

and init.el

  (require 'tree-sitter)
  (require 'tree-sitter-langs)
  (global-tree-sitter-mode)
  (add-hook 'tree-sitter-after-on-hook #'tree-sitter-hl-mode)

However, when I enable tree-sitter-mode in a CPP file, I got this error

tree-sitter-load: Language’s ABI is too new: 14, (13 . 13), "/nix/store/ssqrcpzj63xjsm4z4sam42vvkh9m1gsj-emacs-tree-sitter-grammars/langs/bin/cpp.so"

Looks like some of the packages are not built with the same toolchain. Any idea on how to solve this problem?

[twhththt]

I realized this could be an upstream nixpkgs issue for cpp specifically. tree-sitter is working for me in nix-mode. Should I start with checking the drv files of tree-sitter-cpp-grammar and emacs and see if they are using the same stdenv?

[twhththt]

found out the reason: emacs-tree-sitter/elisp-tree-sitter#247

[twhththt]

It seems that pinning tree-sitter-cpp to use 0.19 toolchain is difficult because the generated code is checked in: tree-sitter/tree-sitter-cpp@88ad63b. The build process of tree-sitter grammars seems pretty messy in general.

[necrophcodr]

@twhththt I realize this is closed, but the issue appears to persist. Is the "solution" today to simply not use tree-sitter then?

[willbush]

@necrophcodr I ran into the same issue. After searching around I think the simplist solution
is to use Emacs 29+ and use the built in tree-sitter. Note that in Emacs 29 the
naming convention is treesit for symbols (variables and functions).

Here is the commit I made updating my config:
willbush/system@77a99fa

links I found useful:

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/admin/notes/tree-sitter/starter-guide?h=feature/tree-sitter
https://github.com/renzmann/treesit-auto
https://www.masteringemacs.org/article/how-to-get-started-tree-sitter
https://robbmann.io/posts/emacs-treesit-auto/
https://archive.casouri.cc/note/2023/tree-sitter-in-emacs-29