undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass

[fred-o]

I'm running into

 undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass

when trying to run any ink command (even list). The full stack trace is

/Users/fredrik/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/octopress-date-format-3.0.2/lib/octopress-date-format.rb:78:in `format_date': undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)
        from /Users/fredrik/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/octopress-date-format-3.0.2/lib/octopress-date-format.rb:42:in `hack_date'
        from /Users/fredrik/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/octopress-date-format-3.0.2/lib/octopress-date-format.rb:27:in `post_init'
        from /Users/fredrik/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/octopress-hooks-2.6.1/lib/octopress-hooks.rb:374:in `block in post_init'
        from /Users/fredrik/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/octopress-hooks-2.6.1/lib/octopress-hooks.rb:373:in `each'
        from /Users/fredrik/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/octopress-hooks-2.6.1/lib/octopress-hooks.rb:373:in `post_init'
        from /Users/fredrik/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/octopress-hooks-2.6.1/lib/octopress-hooks.rb:325:in `initialize'
        from /Users/fredrik/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/jekyll-2.5.3/lib/jekyll/site.rb:220:in `new'
        from /Users/fredrik/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/jekyll-2.5.3/lib/jekyll/site.rb:220:in `block in read_content'        from /Users/fredrik/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/jekyll-2.5.3/lib/jekyll/site.rb:219:in `map'
        from /Users/fredrik/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/jekyll-2.5.3/lib/jekyll/site.rb:219:in `read_content'
        from /Users/fredrik/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/jekyll-2.5.3/lib/jekyll/site.rb:195:in `read_posts'
        from /Users/fredrik/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/jekyll-2.5.3/lib/jekyll/site.rb:167:in `read_directories'
        from /Users/fredrik/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/octopress-asset-pipeline-2.0.4/lib/octopress-asset-pipeline.rb:30:in `add_files'
        from /Users/fredrik/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/octopress-asset-pipeline-2.0.4/lib/octopress-asset-pipeline.rb:24:in `register'
        from /Users/fredrik/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/octopress-ink-1.1.4/lib/octopress-ink/plugins.rb:59:in `each'
        from /Users/fredrik/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/octopress-ink-1.1.4/lib/octopress-ink/plugins.rb:59:in `register'
        from /Users/fredrik/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/octopress-ink-1.1.4/lib/octopress-ink.rb:134:in `list'
        from /Users/fredrik/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/octopress-ink-1.1.4/lib/octopress-ink/commands/list.rb:14:in `block (2 levels) in process_command'
        from /Users/fredrik/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/mercenary-0.3.5/lib/mercenary/command.rb:220:in `call'
        from /Users/fredrik/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/mercenary-0.3.5/lib/mercenary/command.rb:220:in `block in execute'
        from /Users/fredrik/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/mercenary-0.3.5/lib/mercenary/command.rb:220:in `each'
        from /Users/fredrik/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/mercenary-0.3.5/lib/mercenary/command.rb:220:in `execute'
        from /Users/fredrik/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/mercenary-0.3.5/lib/mercenary/program.rb:42:in `go'
        from /Users/fredrik/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/mercenary-0.3.5/lib/mercenary.rb:19:in `program'
        from /Users/fredrik/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/octopress-3.0.5/bin/octopress:8:in `<top (required)>'
        from /Users/fredrik/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/bin/octopress:23:in `load'        from /Users/fredrik/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/bin/octopress:23:in `<main>'

I assume this has something to do with date formatting, and as far as I can see the config object seems to be missing in octopress-date-format. This used to work until a recent gem upgrade.

Relevant gem versions:

  * octopress (3.0.5)
  * octopress-asset-pipeline (2.0.4)
  * octopress-assign-tag (1.0.3)
  * octopress-autoprefixer (1.0.1)
  * octopress-categories (0.0.1)
  * octopress-code-highlighter (4.2.4)
  * octopress-codeblock (1.0.5)
  * octopress-codefence (1.6.1)
  * octopress-comment-tag (1.0.1)
  * octopress-content-for (1.0.4)
  * octopress-date-format (3.0.2)
  * octopress-deploy (1.2.4)
  * octopress-escape-code (2.0.6)
  * octopress-feeds (2.0.4)
  * octopress-filter-tag (1.0.2)
  * octopress-filters (1.3.3)
  * octopress-genesis-theme (0.0.10)
  * octopress-hooks (2.6.1)
  * octopress-image-tag (1.1.0)
  * octopress-include-tag (1.1.3)
  * octopress-ink (1.1.4)
  * octopress-linkblog (2.0.2)
  * octopress-littlefoot (1.0.1)
  * octopress-paginate (1.1.2)
  * octopress-pullquote-tag (1.0.1)
  * octopress-quote-tag (1.0.4)
  * octopress-render-tag (1.0.7)
  * octopress-return-tag (1.0.1)
  * octopress-social (1.4.5)
  * octopress-solarized (1.1.2)
  * octopress-tag-helpers (1.0.7)
  * octopress-wrap-tag (1.1.1)

[imathis]

Gah, sorry I missed this. Taking a look into it now.

[imathis]

I've released a new version of octopress-date-format would you mind updating your gems and seeing if that is still a problem?

[fred-o]

Yeah, I still get the same stack trace unfortunately.

[imathis]

I think this may have been due an issue with the Octopress gem. I've released Octopress 3.0.6 this morning. Would you mind updating and letting me know if that helps?

[imathis]

If not, post your Gemfile and I'll see if I can reproduce it locally with a fresh site.

[fred-o]

Works like a charm. Thank you! :)

[imathis]

Sweet. Thanks for checking back in!