appveyor.yml is ignored

[techtonik]

This project - https://ci.appveyor.com/project/techtonik/pyside2-setup/build/1.0.6 - is not configured to ignore appveyor.yml, but it is ignored. The file is present at: https://github.com/techtonik/pyside2-setup/blob/master/appveyor.yml and should show python --version. UI scripts don't have this command.

[FeodorFitsner]

Looks like the project is added as generic (custom) Git repo, not GitHub. appveyor.yml is not supported for custom Git repos.

[techtonik]

Yes. I added it manually, because GitHub permissions are too wide. I'd prefer AppVeyor to ask permission only to one specific repository where the hook is needed.

[PureKrome]

appveyor.yml is not supported for custom Git repos

@FeodorFitsner really? so if i have a bitbucket repo, I can't use a .yml file at all?

[FeodorFitsner]

BitBucket is supported for both git and mercurial repos.

[PureKrome]

So what is custom Git repo's ?

[FeodorFitsner]

Anything not GitHub, BitBucket, VSO or Kiln.

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On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 7:21 PM -0800, "Pure Krome" notifications@github.com wrote:

So what is custom Git repo's ?

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[techtonik]

Yea. A pity. =)

[PureKrome]

Again, I got bitten by this today :( I added a simple 'git' project (not github) and the appveyor.yml file was getting ignored :(

No chance to add this support in the future?

[FeodorFitsner]

The requirement there is to be able to fetch a single file without (before) cloning the entire repo.

[techtonik]

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1125476/retrieve-a-single-file-from-a-repository doesn't work?

[FeodorFitsner]

Which of those methods specifically?

[techtonik]

Both git clone --no-checkout and git archive.

I also don't see why it is impossible to start with obligatory clone --depth 1 and make Appveyor extend it if more features are needed.

[FeodorFitsner]

Wherever I tried git archive it had never worked for me.

Two concerns with git clone --no-checkout --depth 1:

1. It still could take a lot of time to fetch large repos even with depth 1.
2. Security. We never fetch repository contents on shared servers. Right now both public and private repos are cloned during the build only to isolated build worker VM. However, appveyor.yml must be "known" before the build starts.

[techtonik]

Could be a problem with architecture. Is it possible to do this:

1. fetch source first to some storage location that is shared with all containers with copy-on-write basis
2. analyse appveyor.yml and figure out how many and which containers are needed
3. mount checkout as copy-on-write and proceed with builds

[stephanmg]

@FeodorFitsner I logged in with my Github Account and linked it.
Creating a Project ignroes my appveyor.yml.

Why is that?

Oh I see, my fault, sorry.
If the appveyor.xml is empty then it fails with the same message.

[PureKrome]

@stephanmg also, the file should be called appveyor.yml (not xml) and it's case sensitive. Yep, sensitive.

[stephanmg]

@PureKrome sorry. I meant .yml, yet I excluded my branch in Settings accidently. AppVeyor works!

[PureKrome]

[kevinoid]

@FeodorFitsner We just ran into this issue while setting up an AppVeyor project for CCAN. Would it be possible to allow users to specify a custom appveyor.yml URL in this case?

If the custom git repository uses gitweb or another web interface, as we do, the setup should be simple for users and avoid the issues you mentioned for git clone and git archive. Thoughts?

[FeodorFitsner]

Can you give me an example of such URL please?

[kevinoid]

@FeodorFitsner Sure. For CCAN you could fetch the current appveyor.yml on the master branch from https://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ccan;a=blob_plain;f=appveyor.yml;hb=HEAD

[PureKrome]

@kevinoid These are all the same git commands right? it's just the endpoint that differs, right? Which is why you are saying: "If I can supply the endpoint, then use that with the normal git commands".

Yes?

[kevinoid]

@PureKrome I don't think so. Sorry for the confusion. Let me try to clarify.

I'm saying that if the reason appveyor.yml is ignored is because using available git commands are unacceptable, then a potential solution would be to allow users to provide an alternative URL (presumably limited to HTTP and/or FTP) through which appveyor.yml could be fetched directly without using git.

[IlyaFinkelshteyn]

Thank you for idea! Please watch this issue.

--ilya.

[kevinoid]

Thanks @IlyaFinkelshteyn! Will do.

[PureKrome]

Subscribed :) ta @IlyaFinkelshteyn

Also @IlyaFinkelshteyn - you should get the AppVeyor Systems Inc. badge beside your name, in here so we know you're part of the team :)

[techtonik]

I also need a warning that appveyor.yml is ignored - got hit by it once more.

[IlyaFinkelshteyn]

Yeah we already have this issue added #990

[IlyaFinkelshteyn]

@PureKrome Thank you, we set it, sorry I am pretty new to GitHub world :)

[M-Yankov]

Looks like the project is added as generic (custom) Git repo, not GitHub. appveyor.yml is not supported for custom Git repos.

So what is custom Git repo's ?

Anything not GitHub, BitBucket, VSO or Kiln.

Today I hit this issue, it was working nice in 2016, but today I've updated my code, pushed and build failed. After looking carefully it seems the appveyor.yml is not working. I've managed to update Custom configuration .yml file name in project settings as #1089. And it's working.

But my worries are that: it was working, now it's not working. My code was always in GitHub (I cannot remember whether I've created the repo from local git CMD or GitHub website).
How to determine whether my repo is custom Git repo ?

Builds history: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/M-Yankov/swapi-csharp/history
Repo: https://github.com/M-Yankov/SWapi-CSharp