Fail to clone v8 on 20.7.0

[H4ad]

I tried:

git node v8 backport 6584b6 

But received:

⠋ Update local V8 clone
◼ V8 commit backport
node:events:492
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: spawn git ENOENT
    at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:286:19)
    at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:484:16)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21)
Emitted 'error' event on ChildProcess instance at:
    at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:292:12)
    at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:484:16)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21) {
  errno: -2,
  code: 'ENOENT',
  syscall: 'spawn git',
  path: 'git',
  spawnargs: [ 'fetch', 'origin' ]
}

Node.js v20.7.0

From what I read from the code, the v8 folder should be created and then the v8 should be cloned.

I tried on node 20.1.0 and the clone works, so maybe there is some behavior that changed between 20.1.0 and 20.7.0

[aduh95]

The error message indicates that git is not available on the $PATH, I don't think it's related to the version of Node.js you use.

[richardlau]

@abmusse ran into a similar problem with current versions of node-core-utils. @H4ad can you try with node-core-utils@3.3.0 and see if the problems occurs with that version?

[H4ad]

@richardlau 3.3.0 works, 3.5.0 I got the same error.

[aduh95]

Probably related to #722, can you confirm wether you still see the error if you first clone the V8 repo and pass it to --v8-dir?

[H4ad]

@aduh95 If I first clone and then --v8-dir, it works without problem.