Unable to load manifest file ([Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'target/manifest.json')

[stumelius]

Describe the bug
Any hook that tries to read target/manifest.json results in Unable to load manifest file ([Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'target/manifest.json') if dbt project directory (contains target/) != git project root.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Create the following project structure

my_project/
├── .git/
└── dbt_project/
     ├── dbt_project.yml
     ├── target/
     ├── models/
     └── ...

2. Run any hook that requires the manifest

Expected behavior
I guess the current behavior is expected but there could be an option to specify the dbt project directory.

Workaround: cp -r dbt_project/target target

Version:
v1.0.0

[tomsej]

Hi @smomni, thanks for bug report. For every hook that needs manifest, you have an argument --manifest, e.g.:

repos:
- repo: https://github.com/offbi/pre-commit-dbt
  rev: v1.0.0
  hooks:
  - id: check-model-columns-have-desc
    args: ["--manifest", "dbt_project/target/manifest.json"]

Does it meet your needs?

[stumelius]

@tomsej Thanks for the super quick response! And yes, that solves the issue :) Is there a similar argument for the catalog as well (e.g., --catalog)?

[tomsej]

Yes there should be. So your argument list will look like:

args: ["--manifest", "dbt_project/target/manifest.json", "--catalog", "dbt_project/target/catalog.json"]

[stumelius]

Thanks! Works like a charm

[AlessandroLollo]

args: ["--manifest", "dbt_project/target/manifest.json"]

This saved my day!
Thanks @tomsej ❤️