error: pathspec 'gistup' did not match any file(s) known to git

[nswitanek]

Hi,

I've followed the "Let's Make a Block" tutorial and gotten stuck trying to run gistup. I've pasted the error below, which isn't addressed in your gistup troubleshooting section. At first I thought it might be a git configuration issue, but it looks like I've not set up my path variables correctly for npm-installed programs to run. Will check that first.

Thank you.

c:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\gistup\lib\gistup\unless.js:11
    throw error;
          ^
Error: Command failed: error: pathspec 'gistup' did not match any file(s) known to git.
error: pathspec 'commit.'' did not match any file(s) known to git.

    at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:637:15)
    at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)
    at maybeClose (child_process.js:743:16)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:810:5)

[mbostock]

This is almost certainly a Windows issue, and I’m afraid I won’t be much help at solving it. My guess from the cryptic error is that it’s failing inside the gitCommit function:

function gitCommit(callback) {
  child.exec("git commit --allow-empty -m 'Initial gistup commit.'", function(error, stdout, stderr) {
    if (!error && stderr) process.stderr.write(stderr), error = new Error("git commit failed.");
    if (!error && stdout) process.stdout.write(stdout);
    callback(error);
  });
}

Specifically, it looks like your shell is not correctly parsing the single-quoted commit message (Initial gistup commit.) and is instead passing gistup and commit.' as separate arguments to git. Which of course fails.

It’s possible that gistup could be modified to support Windows, but my guess is that this would require substantial changes. So you might be out of luck. Sorry. 😦

[nswitanek]

Understood. Thanks very much for your swift reply.

[CrandellWS]

I can bypass the mentioned error #22 (comment) using underscores like so

function gitCommit(callback) {
  child.exec("git commit --allow-empty -m 'Initial_gistup_commit'", function(error, stdout, stderr) {
    if (!error && stderr) process.stderr.write(stderr), error = new Error("git commit failed.");
    if (!error && stdout) process.stdout.write(stdout);
    callback(error);
  });
}

[CrandellWS]

Ok it is creating the Gist on GitHub in MINGW64 using https://github.com/mbostock/gistup/tree/c6f3b193de8a99f6275496ec2dd6761b57c3e598

[CrandellWS]

So a note to myself CrandellWS@ac982d1 from where I had not realized there was a problem with ssh (had not even tried yet, thought it was setup but do to custom naming convience...)

[CrandellWS]

Got this much figured out from https://gist.github.com/leommoore/4484379#passing-environment-variables

function gitTestWin(callback) {
  var env = process.env,
    varName,
    envCopy = {};
    // Copy process.env into envCopy
    for (varName in env) {
      envCopy[varName] = env[varName];
    }
    envCopy['wtf'] = 'It is a win thing';
    child.exec("echo %wtf%", { env: envCopy}, function(error, stdout, stderr) {
    if (!error && stderr) process.stderr.write(stderr), error = new Error("It has failed.");
    if (!error && stdout) process.stdout.write(stdout);
    if(error){
      console.warn(error.message);
    }
    console.warn('EXIT');
    process.exit(1);
  });
}

[CrandellWS]

Cross platform??>

var env = process.env,
varName,
envArgv,
envCopy = {};
// Copy process.env into envCopy
for (varName in env) {
  envCopy[varName] = env[varName];
}
envCopy['wtf'] = 'It is a win thing';

if(process.platform === "win32") {
  envArgv = "%wtf%";
} else {
  envArgv = "$wtf";
}
child.exec("echo " + envArgv, { env: envCopy}, function(error, stdout, stderr) {

[CrandellWS]

Here is what I have got so far CrandellWS@6114d26

Though it looks like more can still be done.

[CrandellWS]

With Windows this works

function gitCommit(callback) {
  child.exec('git commit --allow-empty -m "Initial gistup commit"',function(error, stdout, stderr) {
      if (!error && stderr) process.stderr.write(stderr), error = new Error("git commit failed.");
      if (!error && stdout) process.stdout.write(stdout);
      callback(error);
  });
}

vs this fails

function gitCommit(callback) {
  child.exec("git commit --allow-empty -m 'Initial gistup commit.'", function(error, stdout, stderr) {
    if (!error && stderr) process.stderr.write(stderr), error = new Error("git commit failed.");
    if (!error && stdout) process.stdout.write(stdout);
    callback(error);
  });
}

do not have current access to linux but it is assumed that there is reason to not just change it like mentioned if only because the message might contain unwanted character and what not...

[CrandellWS]

bit stuck on Right single quotation mark (U+2019) vs. Apostrophe (U+0027) not sure what to do

[CrandellWS]

deferred to

 child.exec('git config --get remote.' + crossPlatform.envVal('remoteName') + '.url || '+ crossPlatform.rEcho(),{ env: crossPlatform.newEnvVal('remoteName', argv.remote)}, function(error, stdout, stderr) {

[CrandellWS]

now you can see the rEcho (returned echo) in cross-platform.js this newer update partially works in MinGW and cmd.exe CrandellWS@010814e

still got the file issue to consider #21

Can Someone test this on a linux system for me

[CrandellWS]

Windows users will hopefully find success using:

 npm install -g mkg

[CrandellWS]

The previous package was renamed to mkg so use npm install -g mkg to install.

Was able to get Ubuntu up and running to test the package and found it is now successfully working.

A side note for Ubuntu users getting npm running was not so straight forward. For my purposes the Best Solution To get npm working correctly on Ubuntu:

1. Option 2 @ https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/fixing-npm-permissions
2. Create soft link to nodejs for node in ~/bin -> ln -s which nodejs ~/bin/node

[gilsedition]

This issue is fixed with the solution CrandellWS provided. Thanks @CrandellWS