Error while trying to use salt.gitfs.gitpython

[johnccfm]

I'm getting an error when trying use this state.

johncc@aws-dev-c-salt-1:~⟫ sudo salt-call -l debug state.sls salt.gitfs.gitpython                                                                                                                                                              
[sudo] password for johncc: 
[DEBUG   ] Reading configuration from /etc/salt/minion
[DEBUG   ] Including configuration from '/etc/salt/minion.d/_schedule.conf'
[DEBUG   ] Reading configuration from /etc/salt/minion.d/_schedule.conf
[DEBUG   ] Including configuration from '/etc/salt/minion.d/f_defaults.conf'
[DEBUG   ] Reading configuration from /etc/salt/minion.d/f_defaults.conf
[DEBUG   ] Configuration file path: /etc/salt/minion
[DEBUG   ] Reading configuration from /etc/salt/minion
[DEBUG   ] Including configuration from '/etc/salt/minion.d/_schedule.conf'
[DEBUG   ] Reading configuration from /etc/salt/minion.d/_schedule.conf
[DEBUG   ] Including configuration from '/etc/salt/minion.d/f_defaults.conf'
[DEBUG   ] Reading configuration from /etc/salt/minion.d/f_defaults.conf
[DEBUG   ] Initializing new SAuth for ('/etc/salt/pki/minion', 'aws-dev-c-salt-1', 'tcp://192.168.101.7:4506')
[DEBUG   ] Decrypting the current master AES key
[DEBUG   ] Loaded minion key: /etc/salt/pki/minion/minion.pem
[DEBUG   ] Loaded minion key: /etc/salt/pki/minion/minion.pem
[DEBUG   ] LazyLoaded jinja.render
[DEBUG   ] LazyLoaded yaml.render
[DEBUG   ] LazyLoaded state.sls
[DEBUG   ] LazyLoaded saltutil.is_running
[DEBUG   ] LazyLoaded grains.get
[DEBUG   ] Re-using SAuth for ('/etc/salt/pki/minion', 'aws-dev-c-salt-1', 'tcp://192.168.101.7:4506')
[DEBUG   ] Reading configuration from /etc/salt/minion
[DEBUG   ] Including configuration from '/etc/salt/minion.d/_schedule.conf'
[DEBUG   ] Reading configuration from /etc/salt/minion.d/_schedule.conf
[DEBUG   ] Including configuration from '/etc/salt/minion.d/f_defaults.conf'
[DEBUG   ] Reading configuration from /etc/salt/minion.d/f_defaults.conf
[DEBUG   ] Re-using SAuth for ('/etc/salt/pki/minion', 'aws-dev-c-salt-1', 'tcp://192.168.101.7:4506')
[DEBUG   ] Loaded minion key: /etc/salt/pki/minion/minion.pem
[INFO    ] Loading fresh modules for state activity
[DEBUG   ] LazyLoaded jinja.render
[DEBUG   ] LazyLoaded yaml.render
[INFO    ] Fetching file from saltenv 'base', ** skipped ** latest already in cache 'salt://salt/gitfs/gitpython.sls'
[DEBUG   ] LazyLoaded cmd.run
[DEBUG   ] Jinja search path: ['/var/cache/salt/minion/files/base']
[DEBUG   ] Re-using SAuth for ('/etc/salt/pki/minion', 'aws-dev-c-salt-1', 'tcp://192.168.101.7:4506')
[INFO    ] Fetching file from saltenv 'base', ** skipped ** latest already in cache 'salt://salt/map.jinja'
[INFO    ] Fetching file from saltenv 'base', ** skipped ** latest already in cache 'salt://salt/defaults.yaml'
[DEBUG   ] LazyLoaded grains.filter_by
[DEBUG   ] LazyLoaded pillar.get
[CRITICAL] Rendering SLS 'base:salt.gitfs.gitpython' failed: Jinja variable 'dict object' has no attribute 'gitpython'
[DEBUG   ] Re-using SAuth for ('/etc/salt/pki/minion', 'aws-dev-c-salt-1', 'tcp://192.168.101.7:4506')
[DEBUG   ] LazyLoaded highstate.output
local:
    Data failed to compile:
----------
    Rendering SLS 'base:salt.gitfs.gitpython' failed: Jinja variable 'dict object' has no attribute 'gitpython'

It was suggested in the IRC channel by AndreasLutro that the problem is caused by incorrect merging of the default and OS specific settings dictionaries.

In particular, it was suggested that this line is at fault https://github.com/saltstack-formulas/salt-formula/blob/master/salt/map.jinja#L79 and should be changed to do a deep merge instead of a shallow merge.

[rsuarezsoto]

This affects me as well. I'm running 2015.8.8+ds-2 on Ubuntu 14.04.03.

[luitzifa]

I also ran into this issue

Salt Version:
           Salt: 2016.3.2

Dependency Versions:
           cffi: Not Installed
       cherrypy: Not Installed
       dateutil: 2.4.2
          gitdb: 0.6.4
      gitpython: 1.0.1
          ioflo: Not Installed
         Jinja2: 2.8
        libgit2: Not Installed
        libnacl: Not Installed
       M2Crypto: Not Installed
           Mako: 1.0.3
   msgpack-pure: Not Installed
 msgpack-python: 0.4.6
   mysql-python: Not Installed
      pycparser: Not Installed
       pycrypto: 2.6.1
         pygit2: Not Installed
         Python: 2.7.12 (default, Jul  1 2016, 15:12:24)
   python-gnupg: Not Installed
         PyYAML: 3.11
          PyZMQ: 15.2.0
           RAET: Not Installed
          smmap: 0.9.0
        timelib: Not Installed
        Tornado: 4.2.1
            ZMQ: 4.1.4

System Versions:
           dist: Ubuntu 16.04 xenial
        machine: x86_64
        release: 4.4.0-34-generic
         system: Linux
        version: Ubuntu 16.04 xenial