charmcraft 1.2.1 (candidate): cannot pull python deps with git
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Reported that charmcraft 1.2.1 fails with "Cannot find command 'git'" when pulling Git-based Python deps. Maintainer facundobatista closed it as config: add git to build-packages (see Charm Discourse thread 4986); no code change.
Resolution: closed not a bug
Reason: facundobatista replied on 2021-08-17 that the charm's build environment simply needs 'git' in its build-packages, pointing to a Charm Discourse post explaining charmcraft/parts with Git requirements, and the issue was closed with no repo fix. The error was caused by the missing build dependency in the reporter's charmcraft.yaml, not a regression from 1.2.1.
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Issue body
Hello,
I am getting the following error when building a charm with charmcraft 1.2.1 (rev 603):
```
mm 2021-08-17 08:53:03,700 craft_parts.executor.step_handler DEBUG :: :: ERROR: Error [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'git' while executing command git clone -q https://github.com/charmed-osm/ops-lib-charmed-osm/ /tmp/pip-req-build-me5ajux4
mm 2021-08-17 08:53:03,700 craft_parts.executor.step_handler DEBUG :: :: ERROR: Cannot find command 'git' - do you have 'git' installed and in your PATH?
```
Not happening with charmcraft 1.1.1
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed not a bug | Reported that charmcraft 1.2.1 fails with "Cannot find command 'git'" when pulling Git-based Python deps. Maintainer facundobatista closed it as config: add git to build-packages (see Charm Discourse thread 4986); no code change. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed not a bug | Closed as a build configuration issue: git must be included in build-packages for builds using Git-based Python dependencies. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Closed as user error. Maintainer clarified that git must be explicitly added to the build packages list, as it is no longer included by default. Referenced a forum post for configuration details. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed as resolved. The build fails because git is absent from the container. Resolution requires adding git to the charmcraft build-packages configuration to fetch dependencies via git. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Resolved as configuration requirement. Maintainer clarified that git must be explicitly added to the build packages in charmcraft, as it is no longer included by default. A linked forum post provided setup instructions. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Closed as user error. Git must be explicitly added to the build packages in the charmcraft configuration, as detailed in the linked forum guide. |
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Related work
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Duplicate Of:
canonical/charmcraft#490
(confidence 88%)
Charmcraft issue with the same 'Cannot find command git' error, also resolved by adding git to parts.charm.build-packages.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #490 pack fails with ERROR: Cannot find command 'git' | charmcraft | closed | Resolved as a missing build dependency: add git under parts.charm.build-packages in charmcraft.yaml; the maintainer provided this configuration before closing the issue. | |
| #605 Charmcraft fails to build due to lack of Git | charmcraft | closed | Resolved as a build-environment configuration issue: the reporter fixed the failure by adding git to parts.charm.build-packages in charmcraft.yaml. | |
| #555 Charmcraft doesn't allow to pull non-published operator framework | charmcraft | closed | Closed as a duplicate of canonical/charmcraft#498; Git-based Python requirements work when git is declared in the charm part's build-packages. | |
| #502 charmcraft internal error! BaseConfigurationError: Failed to install apt-utils | charmcraft | closed | Resolved through project configuration: the author added git to parts.charm.build-packages in charmcraft.yaml; no Charmcraft code fix was reported. | |
| #55 `charmcraft build` breaks when pip packages come from github | charmcraft | closed | GitHub requirements now work in snap-packaged Charmcraft 0.2, which added preliminary git support; the reporter confirmed the fix. Released via PR #58. |