git_config settings doesn't applied

[maestrow]

I have git_config option in git resource. And no one option seems to be applied.

How to reproduce

Assume the following pipeline config saved to git-config.yml:

resources:
- name: repo
  type: git
  icon: github
  source:
    uri: [email protected]:maestrow/concourse-examples.git
    private_key: |
      -----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
      -----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
    branch: master
    git_config:
    - name: user.name
      value: conc
    - name: user.email
      value: [email protected]
    - name: core.bigFileThreshold
      value: 10m

jobs:
- name: git_config_job
  plan:
  - get: repo
    trigger: true
  - task: create-commit
    config:
      platform: linux
      image_resource:
        type: registry-image
        source:
          repository: gitea/gitea # use any image that has the git cli
      inputs:
      - name: repo
      outputs:
      - name: repo
      run:
        path: sh
        args:
        - -cx
        # git config --global user.name conc
        # git config --global user.email conc@local
        - |
          cd repo
          whoami
          cat ~/.gitconfig
          cat .git/config
          date > todays-date
          git add ./todays-date
          git commit -m "Update todays date"
  - put: repo
    params:
      repository: repo

Set this pipeline: fly -t tutorial set-pipeline -p git_config -c git-config.yml. Then trigger fly -t tutorial trigger-job -j git_config/git_config_job --watch.

Actual result

What we see in output:

running sh -cx cd repo
whoami
cat ~/.gitconfig
cat .git/config
date > todays-date
git add ./todays-date
git commit -m "Update todays date"

+ cd repo
+ whoami
root
+ cat /root/.gitconfig
cat: can't open '/root/.gitconfig': No such file or directory
+ cat .git/config
[core]
        repositoryformatversion = 0
        filemode = true
        bare = false
        logallrefupdates = true
[remote "origin"]
        url = [email protected]:maestrow/concourse-examples.git
        fetch = +refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/origin/master
[branch "master"]
        remote = origin
        merge = refs/heads/master
+ date
+ git add ./todays-date
+ git commit -m 'Update todays date'
Author identity unknown

*** Please tell me who you are.

Run

  git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
  git config --global user.name "Your Name"

to set your account's default identity.

The most important part is /root/.gitconfig: No such file or directory.

Expected result

• /root/.gitconfig file exists. I expect that because all global git settings stores in this file. My use case shows that this file doesn't exists. And as a result git hasn't any global settings.

[Anthonyhawkins]

+1 We are experiencing this exact issue as well.

[reshmiasish]

any solution for this?

[mzampetakis]

I am facing the same issue described here.

I Have this resource:

resources:
  - name: concourse-adapter
    type: git
    icon: git
    source:
      uri: https://seed.radicle.gr/z2woyw9Get9Q21VJzdbVz33b47xDb.git
      git_config:
        - name: safe.directory
          value: /tmp/build/get
        - name: remote.origin.fetch
          value: "+refs/*:refs/remotes/origin/*"
        - name: fetch.all
          value: true

and in my task I have these commands:

  run:
    path: sh
    args:
      - -c
      - |
        cd concourse-adapter
        ls -al ~/
        ls -al /root
        echo $(git config --list)
        echo $(git config --list --global)
        cat ~/.gitconfig

The output indicates that there is no global configuration - only the local :

total 20
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Apr  9 05:58 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 Apr 19 05:00 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  571 Apr 10  2021 .bashrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  161 Jul  9  2019 .profile
total 20
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Apr  9 05:58 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 Apr 19 05:00 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  571 Apr 10  2021 .bashrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  161 Jul  9  2019 .profile
core.repositoryformatversion=0 core.filemode=true core.bare=false core.logallrefupdates=true remote.origin.url=https://seed.radicle.gr/z2woyw9Get9Q21VJzdbVz33b47xDb.git remote.origin.fetch=+refs/heads/main:refs/remotes/origin/main branch.main.remote=origin branch.main.merge=refs/heads/main
fatal: unable to read config file '/root/.gitconfig': No such file or directory

cat: /root/.gitconfig: No such file or directory

Has anyone solved this issue somehow?

[mzampetakis]

Maybe @nosdod could share the steps to set it up at it seems that it somehow worked at this issue: https://github.com/concourse/git-resource/issues/383

Can you provide the resource configuration that you set up the git_config ?