"problem parsing template 'anonymous' " error while creating typesafehub/play-scala template

[arpanghosh]

I have installed giter8 0.5.0 using conscript.

akghosh-air:~ arpanghosh$ g8 -v

giter8 0.5.0
Usage: g8 [TEMPLATE] [OPTION]...
Apply specified template.

OPTIONS
    -b, --branch
        Resolves a template within a given branch
    --paramname=paramvalue
        Set given parameter value and bypass interaction.


Apply template and interactively fulfill parameters.
    g8 n8han/giter8

Or
    g8 git://github.com/n8han/giter8.git

Apply template from a remote branch
    g8 n8han/giter8 -b some-branch

Apply template from a local repo
    g8 file://path/to/the/repo

Apply given name parameter and use defaults for all others.
    g8 n8han/giter8 --name=template-test

When I create the "typesafehub/play-scala" template using giter8, I get the following trace:

akghosh-air:~ arpanghosh$ g8 typesafehub/play-scala

This template generates a Scala play 2.0.X project (verbatim means 
exclude files from parsing) 

application_secret [CHANGEME12345678]: 
application_name [my_app]: 
play_version [2.0.2]: 
problem parsing template 'anonymous'
line 3:1: unexpected char: 0x0
    at org.antlr.stringtemplate.language.DefaultTemplateLexer.nextToken(DefaultTemplateLexer.java:149)
    at antlr.TokenBuffer.fill(TokenBuffer.java:69)
    at antlr.TokenBuffer.LA(TokenBuffer.java:80)
    at antlr.LLkParser.LA(LLkParser.java:52)
    at org.antlr.stringtemplate.language.TemplateParser.template(TemplateParser.java:116)
    at org.antlr.stringtemplate.StringTemplate.breakTemplateIntoChunks(StringTemplate.java:850)
    at org.antlr.stringtemplate.StringTemplate.setTemplate(StringTemplate.java:441)
    at org.antlr.stringtemplate.StringTemplate.<init>(StringTemplate.java:308)
    at org.antlr.stringtemplate.StringTemplate.<init>(StringTemplate.java:293)
    at org.clapper.scalasti.adapter.ScalastiStringTemplate.<init>(ScalastiStringTemplate.java:57)
    at org.clapper.scalasti.StringTemplate.<init>(StringTemplate.scala:91)
    at giter8.G8$.write(g8.scala:36)
    at giter8.G8Helpers$$anonfun$write$2$$anonfun$apply$8.apply(g8.scala:198)
    at giter8.G8Helpers$$anonfun$write$2$$anonfun$apply$8.apply(g8.scala:198)
    at scala.util.control.Exception$Catch$$anonfun$opt$1.apply(Exception.scala:104)
    at scala.util.control.Exception$Catch$$anonfun$opt$1.apply(Exception.scala:104)
    at scala.util.control.Exception$Catch.apply(Exception.scala:88)
    at scala.util.control.Exception$Catch.opt(Exception.scala:104)
    at giter8.G8Helpers$$anonfun$write$2.apply(g8.scala:197)
    at giter8.G8Helpers$$anonfun$write$2.apply(g8.scala:188)
    at scala.collection.immutable.Stream.foreach(Stream.scala:291)
    at giter8.G8Helpers$.write(g8.scala:188)
    at giter8.G8Helpers$.giter8$G8Helpers$$applyT(g8.scala:109)
    at giter8.G8Helpers$$anonfun$applyTemplate$1.apply(g8.scala:114)
    at giter8.G8Helpers$$anonfun$applyTemplate$1.apply(g8.scala:114)
    at giter8.Apply$$anonfun$inspect$1.apply(apply.scala:16)
    at giter8.Apply$$anonfun$inspect$1.apply(apply.scala:16)
    at scala.Either$RightProjection.flatMap(Either.scala:277)
    at giter8.Apply$class.inspect(apply.scala:16)
    at giter8.Giter8.inspect(giter8.scala:3)
    at giter8.Giter8.ghInspect(giter8.scala:44)
    at giter8.Giter8.run(giter8.scala:22)
    at giter8.Giter8.run(giter8.scala:12)
    at giter8.Giter8.run(giter8.scala:3)
    at xsbt.boot.Launch$.run(Launch.scala:54)
    at xsbt.boot.Launch$$anonfun$explicit$1.apply(Launch.scala:43)
    at xsbt.boot.Launch$.launch(Launch.scala:68)
    at xsbt.boot.Launch$.apply(Launch.scala:14)
    at xsbt.boot.Boot$.runImpl(Boot.scala:25)
    at xsbt.boot.Boot$.main(Boot.scala:15)
    at xsbt.boot.Boot.main(Boot.scala)

Template applied in ./.

The other templates are created fine:

akghosh-air:~ arpanghosh$ g8 typesafehub/akka-scala-sbt

Akka 2.0 Project Using Scala and sbt 

organization [org.example]: 
name [Akka Project In Scala]: 
akka_version [2.0.1]: 
version [0.1-SNAPSHOT]: 

Template applied in ./akka-project-in-scala

[jto]

Hi @arpanghosh,

I think it's probably fixed by this pull request: #77

[max-l]

I got the same problem, stragely when I run it a second time, it works...

[junosuarez]

I'm seeing this same error in gitter8 0.5.3 running $ g8 typesafehub/play-scala. I looked at the PR @jto referenced, but it didn't seem relevant.

[mbseid]

I figured out the problem. Giter8 seems to be choking on .png files. There is the favicon at public/images/favicon.png. I'm going to take a look and see if I can fix it.

[jto]

@jden PR is relevant, for the reason pointed out by @mbseid.
Alternatively, you can exclude png files.

[eed3si9n]

I'm closing this as a duplicate of #73