Error message "could not find repository from '.'; class=Repository (6); code=NotFound (-3)"

[musaa01]

I'm running into an issue making a PBO files from the gruppe-adler mod GRAD_CIVS source file from https://github.com/gruppe-adler/grad_civs/releases/tag/6.7.1. I was able to download and unpack the folder to my desktop (C:\Users\username\OneDrive\Desktop\grad_civs-6.7.1\grad_civs-6.7.1) and download and unpack the 64bit hemtt.exe to by documents folder (C:\Users\username\OneDrive\Documents\HEMTT). I also copied the hemtt.exe to the C:\Users\musaa\OneDrive\Desktop\grad_civs-6.7.1\grad_civs-6.7.1 folder where the hemtt toml file is located. When I open the command prompt, I change directory to C:\Users\username\OneDrive\Desktop\grad_civs-6.7.1\grad_civs-6.7.1 and typed "hemtt.exe build". It runs for several seconds, completes checks (16/16), completes prebuild (16/16), but on build, I get the following error: "could not find repository from '.'; class=Repository (6); code=NotFound (-3)". I also tried running hemtt by typing "C:\Users\username\OneDrive\Documents\HEMTT\hemtt.exe build", but that too gives me the same error. The TOML file appears to have all the data needed as per the HEMTT book: name = "Gruppe Adler Civilians" prefix = "grad_civs" author = "Gruppe Adler" template = "cba" mainprefix = "z" folder_optionals = true sig_version = 3

I'm at a loss as to what the "could not find repository from '.';" refers to. Any help at to what this reference is would be much appreciated as I'm testing to see if I can get Grad_Civs to spawn vehicles in the center of the road instead of on the curb to avoid vehicles exploding if they clip nearby buildings.

[Seb105]

Had the same issue. Was apparently due to having the mod folder as aa github repo. Try adding this to your project.toml

[version]
git_hash = 0

[Eathox]

More specifically HEMTT by default uses the first 8 characters of the most recent git commit as an additional version field, see the HEMTT book git hash section. The way it does this is by accessing the .git folder at the root of your project, this folder is required for most git interactions, if you can perform the pull, push or log git commands that means its present. (Note: the folder is automatically created and managed by git, you should never have to touch it yourself)

A source code zip does not include the repo's git information so also doesn't include this .git folder, therefor HEMTT cant access it and you get an error. You can either clone the repo using git (instead of downloading the source code zip), if you specifically need version 6.7.1 clone from here: 6.7.1 or, as @Seb105 suggested you can disable this setting by adding the following to your .hemtt/project.toml

[version]
git_hash = 0

[musaa01]

Haha!!! It works. I was pretty intimidated with using HEMTT and spent hours trying to figure this out, so you guys saved me a lot of time and frustration. Now I can move on to testing the desired changes to the vehicle spawn. Many thanks for your help!