Failed to run external command: git, args: [branch --merged origin/]

[tnorthcutt]

Describe the bug When I install this extension and try to run it with gh poi --dry-run, I receive the following output:

» gh poi --dry-run
== DRY RUN ==
✕ Fetching pull requests...
failed to run external command: git, args: [branch --merged origin/]
exit status 128

Your Environment

• OS: macOS 12.6
• gh (Check with gh --version): 2.18.0
• gh-poi (Check with gh ext ls): v0.6.3
• git: 2.37.0 (Apple Git-136)

This seems to be the case regardless of which repo I run it in.

If I run git branch --merged origin or git branch --merged origin/, I get this output:

fatal: malformed object name origin

I'm not sure how to further debug this, but I'm happy to help however I can!

[seachicken]

Thanks for reporting😃 Looks like you are not getting the default branch name. What does the following return on the target repository?

gh repo view --json defaultBranchRef

[tnorthcutt]

@seachicken thanks for the reply! Here's what I get:

» gh repo view --json defaultBranchRef
{
  "defaultBranchRef": {
    "name": "staging"
  }
}

[seachicken]

Perhaps something is wrong with getting hostname or repoName. https://github.com/seachicken/gh-poi/blob/84e6f907c5801f68df15be9907f77078dd511e91/conn/command.go#L45

1. run git remote -v to display origin address

   # for example:
   origin  git@github.com:seachicken/gh-poi.git (fetch)
   origin  git@github.com:seachicken/gh-poi.git (push)

2. run ssh -T -G {hostname (e.g. github.com)} | grep hostname to see if hostname can be obtained.
3. rerun gh repo view {hostname}/{repoName (e.g. seachicken/gh-poi)} --json defaultBranchRef

[tnorthcutt]

Thank you! Here's what I get – I'm not sure I did exactly what you were asking; please let me know if I've messed up anywhere 😊

» git remote -v                       
origin  git@github.com:apiabroad/portal-student.git (fetch)
origin  git@github.com:apiabroad/portal-student.git (push)

» ssh -T -G github.com | grep hostname
hostname ssh.github.com
canonicalizehostname false

» gh repo view ssh.github.com/apiabroad/portal-student --json defaultBranchRef
{
  "defaultBranchRef": {
    "name": "staging"
  }
}

[seachicken]

It may have something to do with being able to get ssh.github.com. (I can get github.com in my environment.)

1. Does the following command not result in an error?

gh api --hostname ssh.github.com repos/apiabroad/portal-student --silent

related code: https://github.com/seachicken/gh-poi/blob/84e6f907c5801f68df15be9907f77078dd511e91/conn/command.go#L17

2. Also, does ~/.ssh/config have this setting in your environment? https://docs.github.com/ja/enterprise-cloud@latest/authentication/troubleshooting-ssh/using-ssh-over-the-https-port#enabling-ssh-connections-over-https

[tnorthcutt]

Hmm, that does result in an error:

» gh api --hostname ssh.github.com repos/apiabroad/portal-student --silent
Get "https://api.ssh.github.com/repos/apiabroad/portal-student": x509: “*.github.com” certificate name does not match input

I do have this in my ~/.ssh/config:

Host github.com
    Hostname ssh.github.com
    Port 443
    ForwardAgent yes

[seachicken]

ssh.github.com is now supported. https://github.com/seachicken/gh-poi/releases/tag/v0.6.4 Can you try it? gh ext upgrade poi

[tnorthcutt]

Unfortunately I still get this output after upgrading:

» gh poi --dry-run
== DRY RUN ==
✕ Fetching pull requests...
failed to run external command: git, args: [branch --merged origin/]
exit status 128

[seachicken]

Thanks for checking 🙂 Added error handling when GitHub API response cannot be parsed. You may get a different error message after updating. gh ext upgrade poi https://github.com/seachicken/gh-poi/releases/tag/v0.6.6

Maybe the response with all the options set can't be parsed. gh repo view github.com/apiabroad/portal-student --json owner --json name --json parent --json defaultBranchRef

[tnorthcutt]

Interesting, a new error!

Does this provide more/better information?

» gh ext upgrade poi
✓ Successfully upgraded extension poi

» gh poi --dry-run
== DRY RUN ==
✕ Fetching pull requests...
error unmarshaling response: invalid character '\x1b' looking for beginning of value

» gh repo view github.com/apiabroad/portal-student --json owner --json name --json parent --json defaultBranchRef
{
  "defaultBranchRef": {
    "name": "staging"
  },
  "name": "portal-student",
  "owner": {
    "id": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "login": "apiabroad"
  },
  "parent": null
}

[seachicken]

I successfully parsed the JSON you taught me. Maybe another JSON is being retrieved, so if you could let me know the result, I might be able to solve the problem 🙂

gh ext upgrade poi
gh poi --debug | grep "repo view"

[tnorthcutt]

Thank you! Here's what I get after upgrading:

» gh poi --debug | grep "repo view"
error unmarshaling response: invalid character '\x1b' looking for beginning of value
run gh [repo view github.com/apiabroad/portal-student --json owner --json name --json parent --json defaultBranchRef] -> {

And here's the full output, in case it's helpful:

» gh poi --debug                   
run git [remote -v] -> origin   git@github.com:apiabroad/portal-student.git (fetch)
origin  git@github.com:apiabroad/portal-student.git (push)

run ssh [-T -G github.com] -> *****
run gh [repo view github.com/apiabroad/portal-student --json owner --json name --json parent --json defaultBranchRef] -> {
  "defaultBranchRef": {
    "name": "staging"
  },
  "name": "portal-student",
  "owner": {
    "id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE0ODgwNDYy",
    "login": "apiabroad"
  },
  "parent": null
}

✕ Fetching pull requests...
error unmarshaling response: invalid character '\x1b' looking for beginning of value

[seachicken]

Perhaps your environment was not decoding the JSON because the output of the gh pr view included color char codes. I have created a version that works without including the color char code, so if possible, could you please help me confirm that it works? https://github.com/seachicken/gh-poi/pull/88

gh ext remove poi
gh ext install seachicken/gh-poi --pin v0.7.2-pre0

[tnorthcutt]

That works!! Magnificent 🎉

[seachicken]

Yay!!! Thank you 😍 I'll release it later.

[seachicken]

@tnorthcutt I released v0.7.2! To remove version pinning by --pin, run gh ext upgrade poi --force.

[tnorthcutt]

@seachicken thank you!

Just FYI gh doesn't allow upgrading pinned extensions:

» gh ext upgrade poi --force                        
X Failed upgrading extension poi: pinned extensions can not be upgraded

So I just did gh ext remove poi and then gh ext install seachicken/gh-poi and that worked great!