FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

[oxr463]

Operating System: Debian Stretch Python: 3.5, (See below).

Linux debian-generic 5.1.5 #1 SMP Tue May 28 18:46:44 EDT 2019 x86_64 GNU/Linux

apt install -y git libgit2-dev libffi-dev libfuse2

git clone https://github.com/presslabs/gitfs.git

cd gitfs && python setup.py install

mkdir /usr/portage

gitfs https://gitlab.com/oxr463/gentoo /usr/portage
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/logging/handlers.py", line 823, in _connect_unixsocket
    self.socket.connect(address)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/gitfs", line 11, in <module>
    load_entry_point('gitfs==0.4.5.1', 'console_scripts', 'gitfs')()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/gitfs-0.4.5.1-py3.5.egg/gitfs/__init__.py", line 20, in mount
    start_fuse()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/gitfs-0.4.5.1-py3.5.egg/gitfs/mounter.py", line 111, in start_fuse
    args = parse_args(parser)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/gitfs-0.4.5.1-py3.5.egg/gitfs/mounter.py", line 40, in parse_args
    return Args(parser)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/gitfs-0.4.5.1-py3.5.egg/gitfs/utils/args.py", line 65, in __init__
    self.config = self.build_config(parser.parse_args())
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/gitfs-0.4.5.1-py3.5.egg/gitfs/utils/args.py", line 74, in build_config
    return self.check_args(self.set_defaults(args))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/gitfs-0.4.5.1-py3.5.egg/gitfs/utils/args.py", line 100, in check_args
    handler = SysLogHandler(address="/dev/log")
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/logging/handlers.py", line 806, in __init__
    self._connect_unixsocket(address)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/logging/handlers.py", line 834, in _connect_unixsocket
    self.socket.connect(address)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

gitfs -v
GitFS 0.4.5.1

[vtemian]

It looks like it can't connect to /dev/log. Can you check if your logging service is running? Maybe https://askubuntu.com/questions/861227/dev-log-is-missing-how-do-i-fix will help.