fatal: not a git repository: '.git' | Inside a subdirectory (Not Monorepo)

[Nikodermus]

Hey guys, I'm using husky in a subfolder which is the only one with a package.json, and when I try to install husky, it gives me the following error

husky > Setting up git hooks
Command failed: git rev-parse --show-toplevel --absolute-git-dir
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
husky > Failed to install

My folder structure is

cool-project/
--.git/
--frontend/
----.huskyrc
----node_modules

I'm using 3.0.7 (just installed it).

When I run manually git rev-parse --show-toplevel --absolute-git-dir it gives me the path and the git folder

Actually the hooks do run

{
    "hooks": {
        "pre-commit": "yarn test && yarn lint-staged && yarn build && git add dist",
    }
}

but then the error

fatal: not a git repository: '.git'
husky > pre-commit hook failed (add --no-verify to bypass)

[typicode]

Hi @Nikodermus,

That's weird, could you try re-installing and doing a git commit with HUSKY_DEBUG=1 .

It should give the current directory where git rev-parse was run and more info during the commit as well.

[Nikodermus]

npm install -D husky

> husky@3.0.7 install <secret>/canon/layout_previewer/node_modules/husky
> node husky install

husky > Setting up git hooks
husky > Done

> husky@3.0.7 postinstall <secret>/canon/layout_previewer/node_modules/husky
> opencollective-postinstall || exit 0

HUSKY_DEBUG=1 git commit

husky:debug husky v3.0.7 (created at 10/1/2019, 10:55:22 AM)
husky:debug pre-commit hook started
husky:debug Current working directory is '<secret>/canon'
husky:debug Changed current working directory to '<secret>/canon/layout_previewer'
husky > pre-commit (node v10.13.0)
yarn run v1.17.3
$ echo 'no tests here.'
no tests here.
Done in 0.07s.
yarn run v1.17.3
$ lint-staged
No staged files match any of provided globs.
Done in 0.49s.
yarn run v1.17.3
$ vue-cli-service build

⠼  Building for production...

<webpack build omitted>

 DONE  Build complete. The dist directory is ready to be deployed.
 INFO  Check out deployment instructions at https://cli.vuejs.org/guide/deployment.html
                                  
Done in 11.02s.
fatal: not a git repository: '.git'
husky > pre-commit hook failed (add --no-verify to bypass)

folder structure

canon/
--.git/
--layout_previewer/
----.huskyrc
----node_modules

[typicode]

Thanks, install seems to work this time.

husky:debug Changed current working directory to '/canon/layout_previewer'

Pre-commit script is running in <secret>/canon/layout_previewer, which is good. I'm not sure why git add dist fails then.

Can you try changing:

"pre-commit": "yarn test && yarn lint-staged && yarn build && git add dist",
// to
"pre-commit": "yarn test && yarn lint-staged && yarn build && pwd && echo $GIT_DIR && git add dist",

[Nikodermus]

Yeah installing seems good now tho...

DONE  Build complete. The dist directory is ready to be deployed.
INFO  Check out deployment instructions at https://cli.vuejs.org/guide/deployment.html
                                  
Done in 32.97s.
<secret>/canon/layout_previewer
.git
fatal: not a git repository: '.git'
husky > pre-commit hook failed (add --no-verify to bypass)

[typicode]

Can you try to unset GIT_DIR?

"pre-commit": "yarn test && yarn lint-staged && yarn build && pwd && unset GIT_DIR && echo $GIT_DIR && git add dist"

[Nikodermus]

Thanks!, Hooks are now triggering ok, with the changes you proposed + jumping to husky@next but the commitizen hook is not working, should I now open a issue with them?`

It stops the commit due to empty message when in a regular repo starts the comitizen CLI

.huskyrc

{
    "hooks": {
        "pre-commit": "yarn test && yarn lint-staged && yarn build && unset GIT_DIR && echo $GIT_DIR",
        "prepare-commit-msg": "exec < /dev/tty && git cz --hook || true"
    }
}

package.json

"husky": "^4.0.0-beta.2",

git commit

husky > pre-commit (node v10.13.0)
yarn run v1.17.3
$ echo 'no tests here.'
no tests here.
Done in 0.07s.
yarn run v1.17.3
$ lint-staged
  ↓ Stashing changes... [skipped]
    → No partially staged files found...
  ✔ Running tasks...
Done in 2.51s.
yarn run v1.17.3
$ vue-cli-service build

⠏  Building for production...
<webpack build ommited>                       
Done in 51.01s.

husky > prepare-commit-msg (node v10.13.0)
Command failed: git diff --no-ext-diff --name-only && git diff --no-ext-diff --cached --name-only
Not a git repository
To compare two paths outside a working tree:
usage: git diff [--no-index] <path> <path>

Aborting commit due to empty commit message.

[typicode]

husky > prepare-commit-msg (node v10.13.0)
Command failed: git diff --no-ext-diff --name-only && git diff --no-ext-diff --cached --name-only
Not a git repository

It seems to be the same kind of error Not a git repository. Can you check if you have a GIT_DIR env variable set in your terminal?

$ echo $GIT_DIR

[arelstone]

Adding the .huskyrc-file made the triggers run for me