Pkg.register on clean install fails with ENOENT

[rprechelt]

I download a nightly binary of v0.6.0-dev for the first time (no previous 0.6 julia has been installed on this machine)

I run

Pkg.update()

This successfully creates a v0.6 directory in ~/.julia and initializes it. I then clone an unregistered package

Pkg.clone("http://github.com/rprechelt/Vectorize.jl")

which successfully clones the package. I then try to register it

Pkg.add("PkgDev")
using PkgDev
PkgDev.register("Vectorize")

this last step fails with

INFO: Registering Vectorize at http://github.com/rprechelt/Vectorize.jl
INFO: Tagging Vectorize v0.0.1
ERROR: chdir METADATA: no such file or directory (ENOENT)
 in uv_error at ./libuv.jl:68 [inlined]
 in cd(::String) at ./file.jl:39
 in cd(::PkgDev.Entry.##15#18{Base.LibGit2.GitRepo,String,VersionNumber,String,Bool,Array{Base.Pkg.Reqs.Line,1}}, ::String) at ./file.jl:58
 in write_tag_metadata(::Base.LibGit2.GitRepo, ::String, ::VersionNumber, ::String, ::Bool) at /Users/rprechelt/.julia/v0.6/PkgDev/src/entry.jl:117
 in write_tag_metadata(::Base.LibGit2.GitRepo, ::String, ::VersionNumber, ::String) at /Users/rprechelt/.julia/v0.6/PkgDev/src/entry.jl:112
 in (::PkgDev.Entry.##20#28{String,String,String})(::Base.LibGit2.GitRepo) at /Users/rprechelt/.julia/v0.6/PkgDev/src/entry.jl:167
 in transact(::PkgDev.Entry.##20#28{String,String,String}, ::Base.LibGit2.GitRepo) at ./libgit2/libgit2.jl:513
 in register(::String, ::String) at /Users/rprechelt/.julia/v0.6/PkgDev/src/entry.jl:145
 in register(::String) at /Users/rprechelt/.julia/v0.6/PkgDev/src/entry.jl:194
 in register(::String) at /Users/rprechelt/.julia/v0.6/PkgDev/src/PkgDev.jl:36

[tkelman]

did update call init? do you have a METADATA clone there?

[rprechelt]

To make sure nothing was awry, I rm -rf ~/.julia/v0.6. I then ran:

Pkg.init()
Pkg.update()
Pkg.add("PkgDev")
using PkgDev

which all completed successfully. However, any attempt to register a package (I created a blank new package and attempted to register it), results in the error above.

[rprechelt]

I just booted up a vagrant VM running a fresh Ubuntu installation and installed the nightly binary. Attempting to register a package generates the same error. Are you able to replicate this?

[tkelman]

Oh I think this was fixed by #58 but we haven't tagged that yet. Try with Pkg.checkout("PkgDev") to be sure?

[tkelman]

Leave a comment if still an issue on master and we'll reopen.