Installation Problem in Windows

[ITSecMedia]

Using the most current version : https://github.com/clojure/tools.deps.alpha/wiki/clj-on-Windows

When I execute the command

"clojure -Ttools install io.github.seancorfield/deps-new '{:git/tag "v0.4.9"}' :as new" in Windows 10 x64

I get the following error.

Execution error (ExceptionInfo) at clojure.tools.deps.alpha.extensions.git/coord-err (git.clj:45).
Library io.github.seancorfield/deps-new has invalid tag: v0.4.9

=== Full Report ===

{:clojure.main/message
 "Execution error (ExceptionInfo) at clojure.tools.deps.alpha.extensions.git/coord-err (git.clj:45).\r\nLibrary io.github.seancorfield/deps-new has invalid tag: v0.4.9\r\n",
 :clojure.main/triage
 {:clojure.error/class clojure.lang.ExceptionInfo,
  :clojure.error/line 45,
  :clojure.error/cause
  "Library io.github.seancorfield/deps-new has invalid tag: v0.4.9",
  :clojure.error/symbol
  clojure.tools.deps.alpha.extensions.git/coord-err,
  :clojure.error/source "git.clj",
  :clojure.error/phase :execution},
 :clojure.main/trace
 {:via
  [{:type clojure.lang.ExceptionInfo,
    :message
    "Library io.github.seancorfield/deps-new has invalid tag: v0.4.9",
    :data
    {:lib io.github.seancorfield/deps-new,
     :coord
     {:git/tag v0.4.9,
      :git/sha "ba30a76af8b42a45f8498a168bf89518a794fce5"}},
    :at
    [clojure.tools.deps.alpha.extensions.git$coord_err
     invokeStatic
     "git.clj"
     45]}],
  :trace
  [[clojure.tools.deps.alpha.extensions.git$coord_err
    invokeStatic
    "git.clj"
    45]
   [clojure.tools.deps.alpha.extensions.git$coord_err
    invoke
    "git.clj"
    43]
   [clojure.tools.deps.alpha.extensions.git$eval1234$fn__1236
    invoke
    "git.clj"
    66]
   [clojure.lang.MultiFn invoke "MultiFn.java" 239]
   [clojure.tools.tools.api$install invokeStatic "api.clj" 45]
   [clojure.tools.tools.api$install invoke "api.clj" 20]
   [clojure.lang.AFn applyToHelper "AFn.java" 154]
   [clojure.lang.AFn applyTo "AFn.java" 144]
   [clojure.lang.Var applyTo "Var.java" 705]
   [clojure.core$apply invokeStatic "core.clj" 667]
   [clojure.core$apply invoke "core.clj" 662]
   [clojure.run.exec$exec invokeStatic "exec.clj" 48]
   [clojure.run.exec$exec doInvoke "exec.clj" 39]
   [clojure.lang.RestFn invoke "RestFn.java" 423]
   [clojure.run.exec$_main$fn__205 invoke "exec.clj" 178]
   [clojure.run.exec$_main invokeStatic "exec.clj" 174]
   [clojure.run.exec$_main doInvoke "exec.clj" 139]
   [clojure.lang.RestFn applyTo "RestFn.java" 137]
   [clojure.lang.Var applyTo "Var.java" 705]
   [clojure.core$apply invokeStatic "core.clj" 667]
   [clojure.main$main_opt invokeStatic "main.clj" 514]
   [clojure.main$main_opt invoke "main.clj" 510]
   [clojure.main$main invokeStatic "main.clj" 664]
   [clojure.main$main doInvoke "main.clj" 616]
   [clojure.lang.RestFn applyTo "RestFn.java" 137]
   [clojure.lang.Var applyTo "Var.java" 705]
   [clojure.main main "main.java" 40]],
  :cause
  "Library io.github.seancorfield/deps-new has invalid tag: v0.4.9",
  :data
  {:lib io.github.seancorfield/deps-new,
   :coord
   {:git/tag v0.4.9,
    :git/sha "ba30a76af8b42a45f8498a168bf89518a794fce5"}}}}

[seancorfield]

Windows cmd.exe and Powershell use different quoting rules to Linux/macOS -- and nearly all tutorials and books for Clojure assume Linux/macOS. This is why I recommend developers use WSL2 on Windows so that all the instructions out there work as expected.

This affects all Clojure CLI usage and is not a bug in deps-new.

I don't use cmd.exe or Powershell (I use WSL2/Ubuntu on Windows and I use macOS) but I think you have to either double- or triple-quote strings for those shells?

[ITSecMedia]

Thank you Sean.

[seancorfield]

BTW, I had a look at the official CLI docs and it doesn't mention this issue with Windows at all, unfortunately. Not https://clojure.org/reference/deps_and_cli#_tool_installation and not even https://clojure.org/reference/deps_and_cli#quoting so I'm going to open an issue on the clojure-site repo about it.

[ITSecMedia]

The windows way in powershell is :

clojure -Ttools install io.github.seancorfield/deps-new '{:git/tag ""v0.4.9""}' :as new

[jsg24]

Heya. Please can this be added to the installation instructions for new users? Unfamiliar infrastructure is already difficult without having to work out this issue on PowerShell.

[seancorfield]

I think I'm going to update all my READMEs and point at the (new) official docs about CLI and Powershell in this section https://clojure.org/reference/deps_and_cli#quoting -- that way I'm not duplicating information and it'll help make everyone aware that the official docs cover this now.

[seancorfield]

README updated here. See what you think.