Update process git error

[i300220]

Discussed in #5174

^{Originally posted by zero77 March 5, 2023}
Describe the bug
Before 1.21.0 stable release the dev updates worked correctly now they fail to update.
After clicking apply the following error is displayed and the update fails.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to settings
2. Click on Apply under updates
3. Updates fail and show an error message
4. See error

Expected behavior

Screenshots

Environment information (please complete the following information):

• Device: Firefox for Linux
• OS: Debian 11
• Browser: Firefox 102.8.0
• FreshRSS version: 1.21.0-dev
• Database version: [e.g. Mysql 5.7]
• PHP version: 7.4.33
• Installation type: Apache

Additional context

[Alkarex]

Hello,
I have added better git error messages and suggestions of fixes in #6496

Please give it a try if you can.

The most likely problem you faced is:

$ git symbolic-ref --short HEAD
fatal: detected dubious ownership in repository at '/var/www/FreshRSS'

And the proposed solution is: Reapply chown www-data:www-data -R /var/www/FreshRSS/

[i300220]

Hi @Alkarex

Looks fine here with the current ownership:

$ git symbolic-ref --short HEAD
latest

Taking note of your proposed solution though.

Not sure your better error messages would help me, I've never been able to see any log messages related to Minz. Only those related to Simplepie shows in the logs. Found absolutely nothing in the GUI or in the config files pointing me to a solution.

Maybe better checkinstall would do it - https://FreshRSS/p/i/?c=update&a=checkInstall ?

[Alkarex]

The error messages will be shown in the on-screen pop-up just like you have in your screenshot

[Alkarex]

P.S. You manual test is likely working because it is not the same user (typically www-data) than what PHP runs.