bazel 0.23.0rc3: git_repository not working with https URL

[or-shachar]

Just tried Bazel 0.23.0rc3 ( #6495 ) on Linux with git 2.20.1.

Seems like there was a change to git_repository behavior...
Previously this would work for us:

git_repository(
    name = "io_bazel_rules_appengine",
    remote = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_appengine",
    remote = "git@github.com:bazelbuild/rules_appengine.git",
    commit = "f6a099e3c07672438768183578192d56d46fef80",
)

Now it will result in error:

17:55:00  + git clone https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_appengine /home/builduser/.cache/bazel/_bazel_builduser/d95f300509f1e228190b211abeba17c4/external/io_bazel_rules_appengine
17:55:00  Cloning into '/home/builduser/.cache/bazel/_bazel_builduser/d95f300509f1e228190b211abeba17c4/external/io_bazel_rules_appengine'...
17:55:00  warning: templates not found in /tmp/git/share/git-core/templates
17:55:00  fatal: unable to find remote helper for 'https'

Had to change the git URL to git@github.com:bazelbuild/rules_appengine.git and then it worked.

Is it a known declared change?

[aehlig]

Is it a known declared change?

None that I'm aware of. Also, the definition of the git_repository rule hasn't changed since the last release and commands executed by a repository rule are not sandboxed.

Also note that the error message was generated by git. Does git clone https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_appengine work when called directly (i.e., outside bazel)?

[gertvdijk]

@or-shachar
That git error message looks completely unrelated to Bazel indeed and points to a problem with your local git installation (google it).

[irengrig]

@or-shachar, have you been able to resolve the problem? Is that appears to be the problem on the Git side?
Thank you.

[or-shachar]

@irengrig I resolved by setting the right git url... Not sure why it worked beforehand with the wrong format. But I guess it's for the best that it failed.