> Error while evaluating property 'generatedProperties' of task ':generateGitProperties'.
> No Git repository found.
This was occurring despite a .git directory being present.
After re-running with --debug, I observed an exception like so:
java.io.FileNotFoundException: /Users/myuser/.gitconfig (Permission denied)
at java.base/java.io.FileInputStream.open0(Native Method)
at java.base/java.io.FileInputStream.open(FileInputStream.java:216)
at java.base/java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:157)
at gradlegitproperties.org.eclipse.jgit.util.io.SilentFileInputStream.<init>(SilentFileInputStream.java:31)
at gradlegitproperties.org.eclipse.jgit.util.IO.readFully(IO.java:101)
at gradlegitproperties.org.eclipse.jgit.util.IO.readFully(IO.java:48)
at gradlegitproperties.org.eclipse.jgit.storage.file.FileBasedConfig.load(FileBasedConfig.java:127)
at gradlegitproperties.org.eclipse.jgit.util.SystemReader.updateAll(SystemReader.java:390)
at gradlegitproperties.org.eclipse.jgit.util.SystemReader.getUserConfig(SystemReader.java:316)
at gradlegitproperties.org.eclipse.jgit.internal.storage.file.FileRepository.<init>(FileRepository.java:161)
at gradlegitproperties.org.eclipse.jgit.lib.BaseRepositoryBuilder.build(BaseRepositoryBuilder.java:625)
at gradlegitproperties.org.eclipse.jgit.api.Git.open(Git.java:93)
at gradlegitproperties.org.eclipse.jgit.api.Git.open(Git.java:73)
at gradlegitproperties.org.eclipse.jgit.api.Git$open.call(Unknown Source)
at gradlegitproperties.org.ajoberstar.grgit.operation.OpenOp.call(OpenOp.groovy:46)
at gradlegitproperties.org.ajoberstar.grgit.operation.OpenOp.call(OpenOp.groovy)
at java_util_concurrent_Callable$call.call(Unknown Source)
at gradlegitproperties.org.ajoberstar.grgit.internal.OpSyntax.mapOperation(OpSyntax.groovy:20)
at gradlegitproperties.org.ajoberstar.grgit.internal.OpSyntax$mapOperation.callStatic(Unknown Source)
at gradlegitproperties.org.ajoberstar.grgit.Grgit.open(Grgit.groovy)
at gradlegitproperties.org.ajoberstar.grgit.Grgit$open.call(Unknown Source)
at com.gorylenko.GitDirLocator.lookupGitDirectory(GitDirLocator.groovy:23)
at com.gorylenko.GitDirLocator$lookupGitDirectory.call(Unknown Source)
at com.gorylenko.GenerateGitPropertiesTask.getDotGitDirectory(GenerateGitPropertiesTask.groovy:155)
at com.gorylenko.GenerateGitPropertiesTask.getSource(GenerateGitPropertiesTask.groovy:58)
at com.gorylenko.GenerateGitPropertiesTask_Decorated.getSource(Unknown Source)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:568)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.properties.bean.AbstractNestedRuntimeBeanNode$BeanPropertyValue$1$1.create(AbstractNestedRuntimeBeanNode.java:77)
at org.gradle.internal.deprecation.DeprecationLogger.whileDisabled(DeprecationLogger.java:256)
...
(truncated Gradle call stack for brevity)
So, turns out my recent migration to a new laptop led to incorrect permissions on my ~/.gitconfig file, and this manifests as the confusing "No Git repository found." error.
So, it's easy to fix. But it looks like better exception handling inside of com.gorylenko.GitDirLocator.lookupGitDirectory would probably result in a more informative error message.
Was experiencing a strange failure:
This was occurring despite a
.git
directory being present.After re-running with
--debug
, I observed an exception like so:(truncated Gradle call stack for brevity)
So, turns out my recent migration to a new laptop led to incorrect permissions on my
~/.gitconfig
file, and this manifests as the confusing "No Git repository found." error.So, it's easy to fix. But it looks like better exception handling inside of
com.gorylenko.GitDirLocator.lookupGitDirectory
would probably result in a more informative error message.