Installation failed with error: failed to initialized index git repository

[Frederick888]

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Issue Details

I've got some crazy settings in my global .gitconfig, e.g.

        lg = !git log --color=always --graph --abbrev-commit --decorate --glob=\"refs/heads/*\" --format=format:\"%C(bold blue)%h%C(reset) - %C(bold cyan)%aD%C(dim white) - %an%C(reset) (%xFFGPG_%G?%xFF) %C(bold green)(%ar)%C(reset)%C(bold yellow)%d%C(reset)%n %C(white)%s%C(reset)\" \
        | sed \
                -e 's/\\xFFGPG_G\\xFF/'"$(printf '\\e[1;32mG\\e[0m')"'/g' \
                -e 's/\\xFFGPG_B\\xFF/'"$(printf '\\e[1;41mB\\e[0m')"'/g' \
                -e 's/\\xFFGPG_U\\xFF/'"$(printf '\\e[1;36mU\\e[0m')"'/g' \
                -e 's/\\xFFGPG_X\\xFF/'"$(printf '\\e[1;31mX\\e[0m')"'/g' \
                -e 's/\\xFFGPG_Y\\xFF/'"$(printf '\\e[1;31mY\\e[0m')"'/g' \
                -e 's/\\xFFGPG_R\\xFF/'"$(printf '\\e[1;31mR\\e[0m')"'/g' \
                -e 's/\\xFFGPG_E\\xFF/'"$(printf '\\e[1;35mE\\e[0m')"'/g' \
                -e 's/\\xFFGPG_N\\xFF/'"$(printf '\\e[1;30mN\\e[0m')"'/g' \
        | less -F -+X -S -R -i

It causes errors when I try to build YCM:

error: failed to initialized index git repository

Caused by:
failed to parse config file: Invalid configuration key (in /Users/frederick/.gitconfig:21, column 0); class=Config (7)

I can currently work around this by commenting out those configurations before I build YCM so it's definitely not something crucial.

• What did you do?

Run ./install.py --all.

• What did you expect to happen?

YCM builds successfully.

• What actually happened?

Failed with error: failed to initialized index git repository.

Diagnostic data

Output of vim --version

VIM - Vi IMproved 8.1 (2018 May 18, compiled Jan 31 2019 16:43:52)
macOS version
Included patches: 1-850
Compiled by Homebrew
Huge version without GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):
+acl               +extra_search      +mouse_netterm     +tag_old_static
+arabic            +farsi             +mouse_sgr         -tag_any_white
+autocmd           +file_in_path      -mouse_sysmouse    -tcl
+autochdir         +find_in_path      +mouse_urxvt       +termguicolors
-autoservername    +float             +mouse_xterm       +terminal
-balloon_eval      +folding           +multi_byte        +terminfo
+balloon_eval_term -footer            +multi_lang        +termresponse
-browse            +fork()            -mzscheme          +textobjects
++builtin_terms    +gettext           +netbeans_intg     +textprop
+byte_offset       -hangul_input      +num64             +timers
+channel           +iconv             +packages          +title
+cindent           +insert_expand     +path_extra        -toolbar
-clientserver      +job               +perl              +user_commands
+clipboard         +jumplist          +persistent_undo   +vartabs
+cmdline_compl     +keymap            +postscript        +vertsplit
+cmdline_hist      +lambda            +printer           +virtualedit
+cmdline_info      +langmap           +profile           +visual
+comments          +libcall           -python            +visualextra
+conceal           +linebreak         +python3           +viminfo
+cryptv            +lispindent        +quickfix          +vreplace
+cscope            +listcmds          +reltime           +wildignore
+cursorbind        +localmap          +rightleft         +wildmenu
+cursorshape       +lua               +ruby              +windows
+dialog_con        +menu              +scrollbind        +writebackup
+diff              +mksession         +signs             -X11
+digraphs          +modify_fname      +smartindent       -xfontset
-dnd               +mouse             +startuptime       -xim
-ebcdic            -mouseshape        +statusline        -xpm
+emacs_tags        +mouse_dec         -sun_workshop      -xsmp
+eval              -mouse_gpm         +syntax            -xterm_clipboard
+ex_extra          -mouse_jsbterm     +tag_binary        -xterm_save
   system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
     user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
 2nd user vimrc file: "~/.vim/vimrc"
      user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
       defaults file: "$VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim"
  fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/local/share/vim"
Compilation: clang -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DMACOS_X -DMACOS_X_DARWIN  -g -O2 -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1       
Linking: clang   -L. -fstack-protector-strong -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/opt/libyaml/lib -L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib -L/usr/local/opt/readline/lib  -L/usr/local/lib -o vim        -lncurses -liconv -lintl -framework AppKit  -L/usr/local/opt/lua/lib -llua5.3 -mmacosx-version-min=10.14 -fstack-protector-strong -L/usr/local/lib  -L/usr/local/Cellar/perl/5.28.1/lib/perl5/5.28.1/darwin-thread-multi-2level/CORE -lperl -lm -lutil -lc  -L/usr/local/opt/python/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/config-3.7m-darwin -lpython3.7m -framework CoreFoundation  -lruby.2.6     

OS version, distribution, etc.

macOS 10.14.2

Output of build/install commands

https://gist.github.com/Frederick888/995b0ffab3d19e2a68b31bd5e511c298

[bstaletic]

The installation is choking when trying to install the go completer and if I understand correctly, there's nothing YCM can do about this, but let's make sure.

Try the following:

• cd YouCompleteMe/third_party/ycmd/third_party/go/src/github.com/mdempsky/gocode
• GOPATH=/absolute/path/to/YouCompleteMe/third_party/ycmd/third_party/go go build
  • This line should report the same error as the install script. If that happens, it is really not YCM's fault.

[Frederick888]

@bstaletic I tried both GOPATH=/Users/frederick/.vim/plugged/YouCompleteMe/third_party/ycmd/third_party/go go build and GOPATH=/Users/frederick/.vim/plugged/YouCompleteMe/third_party/ycmd/third_party/go go build -a (force rebuild) and both ran without error.

Could it actually be related to Rust completer? Which command I should run to test it?

[bstaletic]

After go completer it installs the javascript one:

• cd YouCompleteMe/third_party/ycmd/third_party/tern_runtime
• npm install --production

Then it installs the rust completer:

• cd YouCompleteMe/third_party/ycmd/third_party/racerd
• cargo build --release

Then java completer, which is a bit more involved, but it comes down to downloading a file and extracting it in a specific place.

• https://github.com/Valloric/ycmd/blob/master/build.py#L726

And finally TypeScript completer:

• npm install -g --prefix /absolute/path/to/YouCompleteMe/third_party/ycmd/third_party/tsserver typescript@3.1.3

[micbou]

I can reproduce with your lg setting in .gitconfig and running

cargo init

in some new folder so this looks like a Cargo issue, not a YCM one. In fact, it's probably the same issue as rust-lang/cargo#4777. Closing.

[bstaletic]

Interestingly enough, the following git alias works:

        lg = !git log --color=always --graph --abbrev-commit --decorate --glob=\"refs/heads/*\" --format=format:\"%C(bold blue)%h%C(reset) - %C(bold cyan)%aD%C(dim white) - %an%C(reset) (%xFFGPG_%G?%xFF) %C(bold green)(%ar)%C(reset)%C(bold yellow)%d%C(reset)%n %C(white)%s%C(reset)\" \
        | sed \
                -e 's/\\xFFGPG_G\\xFF/'"$(printf '\\e[1;32mG\\e[0m')"'/g' \
                -e 's/\\xFFGPG_B\\xFF/'"$(printf '\\e[1;41mB\\e[0m')"'/g' \
                -e 's/\\xFFGPG_U\\xFF/'"$(printf '\\e[1;36mU\\e[0m')"'/g'  -e 's/\\xFFGPG_X\\xFF/'"$(printf '\\e[1;31mX\\e[0m')"'/g' \
                -e 's/\\xFFGPG_Y\\xFF/'"$(printf '\\e[1;31mY\\e[0m')"'/g' \
                -e 's/\\xFFGPG_R\\xFF/'"$(printf '\\e[1;31mR\\e[0m')"'/g' \
                -e 's/\\xFFGPG_E\\xFF/'"$(printf '\\e[1;35mE\\e[0m')"'/g' \
                -e 's/\\xFFGPG_N\\xFF/'"$(printf '\\e[1;30mN\\e[0m')"'/g' \
        | less -F -+X -S -R -i

[Frederick888]

@bstaletic Great find, mate! Actually keeping the whole command in a single line also works. I guess there's probably some sort of limitation on number of lines for a single alias in the gitconfig parser of cargo. Since rust-lang/cargo#4777 doesn't seem to have a high priority this should be the workaround for now.

[bstaletic]

I guess there's probably some sort of limitation on number of lines for a single alias

I don't think so. Cargo was complaining about the GPG_X line specifically. No idea why though.