GitDownloader fails on composer.json update, when there is packages added as git repositories

[shivas]

[exec] *** [err :: internal.xxx.com] [RuntimeException]
     [exec] *** [err :: internal.xxx.com] Failed to execute git remote set-url composer 'ssh://xxx@xxx.xxx.com/home/repositories/xxx.git' && git fetch composer && git fetch --tags composer
     [exec] *** [err :: internal.xxx.com] 
     [exec] *** [err :: internal.xxx.com] Error reading response length from authentication socket.
     [exec] *** [err :: internal.xxx.com] Permission denied, please try again.
     [exec] *** [err :: internal.xxx.com] Permission denied, please try again.
     [exec] *** [err :: internal.xxx.com] Permission denied (publickey,password).
     [exec] *** [err :: internal.xxx.com] fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

Looking at code i see only one option that there is no composer remote setup yet, and he trying to set url for that...?

its in composer.phar/src/Composer/Downloader/GitDownloader.php:74

[shivas]

I found out it happens only when composer.json file was update (that is package added or removed) if its just versions update - all works fine

[Seldaek]

The composer remote is set up when the package is first installed, so yes it should be there unless you are messing with the vendor directory in between.

[shivas]

This error occurs when symfony2 application gets deployed with capifony, that means there is no "old" vendors repository, that is quite confusing. Maybe composer cache somehow involved?

[Seldaek]

Not the cache but do you really have a clear vendor dir? If it exists with some stuff leftover it might try to update a package that is not actually installed.

[shivas]

We currently have Satis (local/private composer repository), and looks like problems always happens when/only when one of repositories/packages what are "hosted" there are updated, maybe that's the case? Maybe composer doesn't get all info it needs from Satis?

[jkobus]

I get this error all the time. Will investigate.

[frederikbosch]

@jkobus @shivas Could you clone the code in this PR (https://github.com/composer/composer/pull/3608), use the composer binary in there to update/install and see if the bug is still there? I have investigated quite some time now in GitDownloader and helper classes. If the problem still occurs, I might be able to help fixing the problem.

[EagleEyeJohn]

i'm getting this issue. my token got revoked, after months of use. using

composer config -g github-oauth.github.com myoathtoken

'worked' (composer seemed happy), but when running composer update again, it still tried to use the old token and fails. As I've provided a token, why doesn't composer prompt me to update it if it's not working? And as it doesn't, where is the config file stored on Windows so I can change the token manually?

[frederikbosch]

What happends if you remove your vendor folder and then composer update again?

[EagleEyeJohn]

Now you tell me!... I've just returned to post that that is indeed the solution to the problem. There must be a way for Composer to deal with this automatically? I've now got to delete vendor directories on 20+ projects.

[frederikbosch]

I already submitted #3608 for this issue a while ago. It has not been merged yet. From what I understand, there are other problems that need more attention at this moment.

[frederikbosch]

@EagleEyeJohn Could you actually confirm that PR #3608 fixes your problem? The steps to test it would be clone https://github.com/frederikbosch/composer, run composer install for the composer package, and then try to redo the steps of your problem with composer binary from my PR (bin/composer).

[cnizzardini]

This happened when I changed the branch I am requiring. To get past this error I deleted the project in the vendor directory and ran composer update.

[frederikbosch]

@cnizzdotcom If this happends again, I am interested if #3608 solves the problem. Could you try with the same instructions I gave to @EagleEyeJohn?

[Seldaek]

Closing as it doesn't seem extremely relevant anymore.

[ShayanAliProgrammer]

Hey I was getting this error:

Failed to execute git show-ref --head -d

  fatal: detected dubious ownership in repository at 'C:/Users/NTEch/AppData/Roaming/Composer/vendo
  r/doctrine/inflector'
  'C:/Users/NTEch/AppData/Roaming/Composer/vendor/doctrine/inflector' is owned by:
        'S-1-5-32-544'                                                                                
  but the current user is:
        'S-1-5-21-3269338778-2856369246-3259115991-1002'                                              
  To add an exception for this directory, call:

        git config --global --add safe.directory C:/Users/NTEch/AppData/Roaming/Composer/vendor/doctrine
  /inflector

I fixed that error using: git config --global --add safe.directory C:/Users/NTEch/AppData/Roaming/Composer/vendor/doctrine/inflector