Git Error when running 'make update' on Windows #81475

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Rahul · 2020-10-06T02:51:12+02:00

Rahul commented

2020-10-06 02:51:12 +02:00

System Information
Operating system: Windows 10 Pro
Graphics card: RTX 2080 Ti

Blender Version
Broken: 2.90.1, and also happened to me when building 2.90 alpha
Worked: none

When I run 'make update' from either the Visual Studio Command Prompt or the standard Windows Command Prompt, I get the error "fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git". I have narrowed down the source of the error to the file build_files/utils/make_utils.py, in the function "make_utils.git_branch", called from make_update.py. Calling os.getcwd() from that function returns my home directory '~', which indicates that the script is not running in the Blender git repository. This should be fixable by a quick call to os.chdir().

Simply check out the git repository on Windows and run 'make update' from the Windows Command Prompt.

**System Information** Operating system: Windows 10 Pro Graphics card: RTX 2080 Ti **Blender Version** Broken: 2.90.1, and also happened to me when building 2.90 alpha Worked: none When I run 'make update' from either the Visual Studio Command Prompt or the standard Windows Command Prompt, I get the error "fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git". I have narrowed down the source of the error to the file build_files/utils/make_utils.py, in the function "make_utils.git_branch", called from make_update.py. Calling os.getcwd() from that function returns my home directory '~', which indicates that the script is not running in the Blender git repository. This should be fixable by a quick call to os.chdir(). Simply check out the git repository on Windows and run 'make update' from the Windows Command Prompt.

Rahul commented

2020-10-06 02:51:12 +02:00

Added subscriber: @Animaniac888

Ankit Meel commented

2020-10-06 08:05:07 +02:00

Added subscriber: @ankitm

Ankit Meel commented

2020-10-06 08:05:07 +02:00

Changed status from 'Needs Triage' to: 'Needs User Info'

Ankit Meel commented

2020-10-06 08:05:07 +02:00

You should be running the command from blender directory, not from ~/. Is that the case ?
Also, if there's a fix, please consider creating a patch https://developer.blender.org/differential/diff/create/

You *should* be running the command from `blender` directory, not from `~/`. Is that the case ? Also, if there's a fix, please consider creating a patch https://developer.blender.org/differential/diff/create/

Evan Wilson commented

2020-10-06 08:32:07 +02:00

Added subscriber: @EAW

Evan Wilson commented

2020-10-06 08:32:07 +02:00

I cannot reproduce this issue.

Evan Wilson commented

2020-10-06 08:36:38 +02:00

Changed status from 'Needs User Info' to: 'Archived'

Evan Wilson closed this issue

2020-10-06 08:36:38 +02:00

Evan Wilson self-assigned this 2020-10-06 08:36:38 +02:00

Evan Wilson commented

2020-10-06 08:36:38 +02:00

What not to report here

For feature requests, feedback, questions or issues building Blender, see communication channels.

I am going to close this per the instructions on the report template. Please post a thread on devtalk.blender.org instead.

>**What not to report here** > >For feature requests, feedback, questions or issues building Blender, see communication channels. I am going to close this per the instructions on the report template. Please post a thread on devtalk.blender.org instead.

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Git Error when running 'make update' on Windows #81475