ERROR: unable to clone --- remove usr/local/bin/rvm* if possible

[docwhat]

$ lsb_release -a                                                                                     
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 11.04
Release:        11.04
Codename:       natty
$ git --version
git version 1.7.4.1
$ rm -rf ~/.rvm
$ exit # then I restart the shell
$ bash -s stable < <(curl -s https://raw.github.com/wayneeseguin/rvm/master/binscripts/rvm-installer)
$ exit # then I restart the shell
$ rvm get stable
fatal: destination path 'rvm' already exists and is not an empty directory.
fatal: destination path 'rvm' already exists and is not an empty directory.

ERROR: Unable to clone the RVM repository, attempted both git:// and https://

RVM reloaded!

[mpapis]

@docwhat please use this answer http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9056008/installed-ruby-1-9-3-with-rvm-but-command-line-doesnt-show-ruby-v/9056395#9056395

[docwhat]

That did not fix the problem. I don't have ruby-rvm installed nor did I have any of those files.

env | grep rvm showed nothing after removing ~/.rvm and restarting my shell.

[mpapis]

@docwhat have you ever used sudo / rvmsudo with rvm ? check find $rvm_path/ -not -user "$USER"

[docwhat]

Not that I know of. As I showed in my original post, I rm -rfed my ~/.rvm directory...I can run those steps and recreate the problem at-will.

[mpapis]

@docwhat what about your /etc/rvmrc and ~/.rvmrc files could you gist them ?

[docwhat]

My ~/.rvmrc is at https://gist.github.com/2007291

I don't have an /etc/rvmrc

[mpapis]

ok so please gist output of:

bash -s -- stable --trace < <(curl -s https://raw.github.com/wayneeseguin/rvm/master/binscripts/rvm-installer)

it should provide insight why and how it fails on this paths

[docwhat]

This is from my current environment. If you want me to follow my steps above, I can do it there, too.

https://gist.github.com/2007291#file_trace.txt

[mpapis]

ok that looks fine which eliminates installer itself, now test/gist:

rvm --trace get stable
rvm get stable

use both comman the second one call is to easier spot the breaking point

[docwhat]

Okay, got the output for you:

https://gist.github.com/2007291#file_rvm_get_stable.txt

( rvm --trace get stable ; rvm get stable ) |& tee rvm-get-stable.txt

https://gist.github.com/2007291#file_rvm_get_stable.env.txt

env | grep rvm > rvm-get-stable.env.txt

[mpapis]

@docwhat does rvm-restart help ? ... it looks like mixed old and new versions loaded at once

[docwhat]

@mpapis Nope.

However, since I had some time now. I tried running:

rvm-installer --branch stable

... and that does work.

Now, I've been using rvm forever on the machine above (my workstation) and on my laptop and I've occasionally seen a problem where it looses track of some of the variables. I hadn't paid attention, but I think it may have been related:

1. rvm get latest # this was an older version
2. cd /path/to/my/project # this directory has a .rvmrc file
3. I get the 'do you want to allow this' message and I say y
4. ...and it says something about not being able to write to /something or the directory doesn't exist.
5. It doesn't remember that I said y to the confirmation message (i.e. cd .. ; cd - asks the confirmation again).

[docwhat]

okay.

So @mpapis and I sat down and figured out what happened...

1. At some point in the past, a version of RVM accidentally installed the contents of ~/.rvm/bin/ into ~/bin/.
2. At some point after that, I figured out rvm was incorrect and deleted ~/bin/rvm but did not delete the other files in ~/bin/ that belonged to RVM.
3. When I reinstalled stable rvm (via bash -s stable < (....)) it worked fine because it used the rvm-installer from the URL.
4. ...but when I ran rvm get stable it used the ancient rvm-installer in ~/bin/ which has a git clone step which generated the fatal: ... messages.

It might be worth adding a check in rvm-installer that there isn't a copy of the bin files in ~/bin/ for old-timey users of RVM don't have to go through this song and dance again.

[mpapis]

ok, scheduled for next version -> 1.11.0