Issue with Dependency Management in CI/CD Using Soldeer and Forge

[alvinyusuf]

I'm encountering an issue with dependency management in my CI/CD pipeline while using Soldeer to manage dependencies in a Foundry project. The problem occurs when running forge install during the CI/CD process on GitHub Actions, where it throws an error:

Updating dependencies in /home/runner/work/swap/swap/dependencies error: pathspec '/home/runner/work/swap/swap/dependencies' did not match any file(s) known to git Error: git submodule exited with code 1 Error: Process completed with exit code 1.

Here's the relevant portion of my GitHub Actions config:

`name: CI

on:
push:
pull_request:
workflow_dispatch:

env:
FOUNDRY_PROFILE: ci

jobs:
check:
strategy:
fail-fast: true

name: Swap-Dex Project
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
  - uses: actions/checkout@v4
    with:
      submodules: recursive

  - name: Install Foundry
    uses: foundry-rs/foundry-toolchain@v1
    with:
      version: nightly

  - name: Install dependencies
    run: |
      forge install

  - name: Show Forge version
    run: |
      forge --version

  - name: Run Forge fmt
    run: |
      forge fmt --check
    id: fmt

  - name: Run Forge build
    run: |
      forge build --sizes
    id: build

  - name: Run Forge tests
    run: |
      forge test -vvv
    id: test

`

It seems like the pipeline is unable to recognize or fetch the dependencies as expected when Soldeer is used.

Has anyone encountered this specific error, and if so, how did you resolve it?
Is there any additional setup required for Soldeer in a CI/CD environment that might be missing here?
Are there known compatibility issues with Soldeer and GitHub Actions that I should be aware of?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

[zerosnacks]

Hi @alvinyusuf, currently we require forge soldeer install to be ran when you interact with a Foundry project that uses Soldeer. This is incompatible with forge install. To fix this you should update you CI file with

  - name: Install dependencies
    run: |
      forge soldeer install

[alvinyusuf]

Thanks a lot for the answer, it was super helpful!