Error starting app: `join': can't convert nil into String (TypeError)

[pushred]

Hi there,

Does static_model support Rails 3.x? I get the following error when I try starting my app on my OSX machine:

/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/static_model-0.3.0/lib/static_model/rails.rb:4:in `join': can't convert nil into String (TypeError)
    from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/static_model-0.3.0/lib/static_model/rails.rb:4
    from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/static_model-0.3.0/lib/static_model.rb:18:in `require'
    from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/static_model-0.3.0/lib/static_model.rb:18
    from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/bundler-1.0.15/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:68:in `require'
    from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/bundler-1.0.15/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:68:in `require'
    from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/bundler-1.0.15/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:66:in `each'
    from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/bundler-1.0.15/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:66:in `require'
    from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/bundler-1.0.15/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:55:in `each'
    from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/bundler-1.0.15/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:55:in `require'
    from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/bundler-1.0.15/lib/bundler.rb:120:in `require'
    from /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/eric/Projects/satay/config/application.rb:7
    from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/railties-3.0.9/lib/rails/commands.rb:28:in `require'
    from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/railties-3.0.9/lib/rails/commands.rb:28
    from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/railties-3.0.9/lib/rails/commands.rb:27:in `tap'
    from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/railties-3.0.9/lib/rails/commands.rb:27
    from script/rails:6:in `require'
    from script/rails:6

This is using Ruby 1.8.7 / Rails 3.0.9 with RVM. I get a similar error in Ubuntu with 3.0.7 and no RVM.

[quirkey]

it seems that this is an issue with Rails.root returning nil - looking into what works with Rails 3.

[quirkey]

Actually, I should ask - what did you run to get this error?

[pushred]

Just running WEBrick with rails server, unicorn returns a shorter ^C#<TypeError: can't convert nil into String> error. Thanks for taking a look!

[quirkey]

Sorry it took so long, this should be fixed in the 1.0 release.

[pushred]

Sweet, thank you! Will try it out in a project soon.

[shahdhiren]

Hi,

I am still facing this issue on MAC OS 10.9.5 with Cocoapods version 0.34.2.

Specific Case: While running the pod install command in pre-Action in BOT within OS X Server then I am getting below error:

   /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.34.2/lib/cocoapods/config.rb:23:in `join': no implicit conversion of nil into String (TypeError)
from /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.34.2/lib/cocoapods/config.rb:23:in `<class:Config>'
from /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.34.2/lib/cocoapods/config.rb:4:in `<module:Pod>'
from /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.34.2/lib/cocoapods/config.rb:1:in `<top (required)>'
from /Library/Ruby/Site/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
from /Library/Ruby/Site/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
from /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.34.2/lib/cocoapods.rb:22:in `<module:Pod>'
from /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.34.2/lib/cocoapods.rb:17:in `<top (required)>'
from /Library/Ruby/Site/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
from /Library/Ruby/Site/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
from /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-0.34.2/bin/pod:32:in `<top (required)>'
from /usr/bin/pod:23:in `load'
from /usr/bin/pod:23:in `<main>'

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See https://github.com/CocoaPods/guides.cocoapods.org/issues/26 for
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Is there any workaround to solve this?? I have logged config.rb file and I found ENV['HOME'] value is coming NIL.