Unable to open recent project using SPC p p. (develop branch)

[zer09]

Description :octocat:

Unable to open recent project using SPC p p

Reproduction guide :beetle:

• Start Emacs
• Hit Spc p p
• It will show the recent project list
• Choose the project you want to open
• After selecting the project you want, press enter to open it

Observed behaviour: :eyes: :broken_heart: It will show You’re not in a project

Expected behaviour: :heart: :smile: It should open the project

System Info :computer:

• OS: gnu/linux
• Emacs: 25.2.1
• Spacemacs: 0.200.9
• Spacemacs branch: develop (rev. 547458ae)
• Graphic display: t
• Distribution: spacemacs
• Editing style: vim
• Completion: ivy
• Layers:

  ((fasd)
  (imenu-list)
  (spell-checking :variables spell-checking-enable-by-default nil)
  (syntax-checking)
  (auto-completion :variables auto-completion-return-key-behavior 'complete auto-completion-tab-key-behavior nil auto-completion-enable-help-tooltip t auto-completion-enable-sort-by-usage t)
  (rebox :variables rebox-enable-in-text-mode t)
  (ranger :variables ranger-enter-with-minus t ranger-show-hidden t ranger-max-preview-size 1)
  (colors :variables colors-enable-nyan-cat-progress-bar
       (display-graphic-p))
  (keyboard-layout :variables kl-layout 'dvorak)
  (git)
  (version-control :variables version-control-diff-tool 'git-gutter  version-control-diff-side 'left)
  (systemd)
  (shell :variables shell-default-shell 'eshell)
  (protobuf)
  (go :variables go-use-gometalinter t gofmt-command "goimports" go-tab-width 4 flycheck-gometalinter-fast t flycheck-gometalinter-deadline "30s" flycheck-gometalinter-enable-linters
   '("testify" "safesql"))
  (html)
  (javascript :variables javascript-disable-tern-port-files nil)
  (python :variables python-enable-yapf-format-on-save t python-sort-imports-on-save t)
  (shell-scripts)
  (sql :variables sql-capitalize-keywords t)
  (yaml)
  (ivy :variables ivy-extra-directories nil)
  emacs-lisp markdown org)

• System configuration features: XPM JPEG TIFF GIF PNG RSVG IMAGEMAGICK SOUND DBUS GCONF GSETTINGS NOTIFY ACL LIBSELINUX GNUTLS LIBXML2 FREETYPE M17N_FLT LIBOTF XFT ZLIB TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS GTK3 X11 MODULES XWIDGETS

Backtrace :paw_prints:

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "You’re not in a project")
  signal(error ("You’re not in a project"))
  error("You're not in a project")
  projectile-project-root()
  projectile-dirconfig-file()
  projectile-maybe-invalidate-cache(nil)
  counsel-projectile-find-file()
  projectile-switch-project-by-name("~/.emacs.d/" nil)
  #[(dir) "\302    \"\207" [dir arg projectile-switch-project-by-name] 3]("~/.emacs.d/")
  ivy-call()
  ivy-read("[-] Switch to project: " ("~/.spacemacs.d/" "~/.emacs.d/") :preselect nil :action #[(dir) "\302    \"\207" [dir arg projectile-switch-project-by-name] 3] :require-match t :caller counsel-projectile-switch-project)
  counsel-projectile-switch-project(nil)
  funcall-interactively(counsel-projectile-switch-project nil)
  call-interactively(counsel-projectile-switch-project nil nil)
  command-execute(counsel-projectile-switch-project)

[AlexArrufat]

I have observed the same behavior, I think this is related to #9277

[d12frosted]

Closing this one in favour of #9277.