GitError: GIT control files not found, maybe wrong directory?

[admin]

How to Reproduce

While doing a GET operation on /admin/general/plugin, Trac issued an internal error.

(please provide additional details here)

Request parameters:

{'cat_id': u'general', 'panel_id': u'plugin', 'path_info': None}

System Information

Trac	0.11.7
Python	2.6.5 (r265:79063, Apr 16 2010, 13:28:26) [GCC 4.4.3]
setuptools	0.6
MySQL	server: "5.1.41-3ubuntu12.8", client: "5.1.41", thread-safe: 1
MySQLdb	1.2.2
Genshi	0.5.1
mod_python	3.3.1
Pygments	1.2.2
GIT	1.7.0.4

Python Traceback

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/trac/web/main.py", line 450, in _dispatch_request
    dispatcher.dispatch(req)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/trac/web/main.py", line 176, in dispatch
    chosen_handler)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/trac/web/main.py", line 296, in _pre_process_request
    chosen_handler = filter_.pre_process_request(req, chosen_handler)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/trac/versioncontrol/api.py", line 86, in pre_process_request
    self.get_repository(req.authname).sync()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/trac/versioncontrol/api.py", line 157, in get_repository
    repos = self._connector.get_repository(rtype, rdir, authname)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/tracext/git/git_fs.py", line 159, in get_repository
    shortrev_len=self._shortrev_len)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/tracext/git/git_fs.py", line 176, in __init__
    git_bin=git_bin).getInstance()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/tracext/git/PyGIT.py", line 114, in __init__
    i = Storage(repo, log, git_bin)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/tracext/git/PyGIT.py", line 189, in __init__
    raise GitError("GIT control files not found, maybe wrong directory?")
GitError: GIT control files not found, maybe wrong directory?

[Jun Omae]

A PluginIssue and an InstallationIssue for ​th:GitPlugin. Make sure your web server can read the git repository.

[Remy Blank]

Err… tracext is part of Trac, so this is the bundled GIT component, not a plugin. It's still probably an InstallationIssue, though.

[Ryan J Ollos]

Replying to jomae:

Make sure your web server can read the git repository.

Also, make sure your path points to the .git directory and not its parent. See #11297 for details.

[Jun Omae]

Replying to rblank:

Err… tracext is part of Trac, so this is the bundled GIT component, not a plugin.

Trac bundles git component since 1.0 in tracopt.versioncontrol.git, not tracext. Also, it seems ​PyGIT.py@54912e7ac0 in gitplugin is used and the file is 5 years old.

[Remy Blank]

Replying to jomae:

Trac bundles git component since 1.0 in tracopt.versioncontrol.git, not tracext.

Oh! You're right of course, tracopt not tracext. Never mind :)

[Olemis Lang <olemis+trac@…>]

Replying to jomae:

Replying to rblank:

Err… tracext is part of Trac, so this is the bundled GIT component, not a plugin.

Trac bundles git component since 1.0 in tracopt.versioncontrol.git, not tracext. Also, it seems ​PyGIT.py@54912e7ac0 in gitplugin is used and the file is 5 years old.

<ot> Have you ever considered a major refactoring in Git plugin to use ​dulwich instead of PyGIT ? </ot>

[Jun Omae]

Replying to Olemis Lang <olemis+trac@…>:

Have you ever considered a major refactoring in Git plugin to use ​dulwich instead of PyGIT ?

We cannot use ​dulwich because the license is GPLv2+. But I've worked to use ​pygit2 in log:jomae.git:pygit2. See also TracDev/Performance/Git.