GETTING ERROR WHEN UPDATING SQLMAP

[hack0day]

python ./sqlmap.py --update

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[*] starting at 23:10:47

[23:10:47] [INFO] updating sqlmap to the latest development version from the GitHub repository
[23:10:47] [INFO] update in progress .
[23:10:48] [ERROR] update could not be completed ('From git github com sqlmapproject sqlmap branch HEAD FETCH_HEAD error Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by merge txt common columns txt Please commit your changes or stash them before you can merge Aborting')
[23:10:48] [INFO] for Linux platform it's required to install a standard 'git' package (e.g.: 'sudo apt-get install git')

[*] shutting down at 23:10:48

[stamparm]

You have some local changes that you have to revert. Please either:

A) clone/checkout the sqlmap project from the beginning (remove the old directory and recheckout)
or
B) revert changes before doing the update (inside the sqlmap directory execute: git checkout .)

[dustfeather]

I have the same error even after fresh cloning.
Running git pull manually works fine and it doesn't bother me to do it, but it's annoying to see that error every time I run sqlmap.

[stamparm]

@dustfeather and what exact error do you get?

[dustfeather]

[17:04:34] [INFO] updating sqlmap to the latest development version from the GitHub repository
[17:04:34] [INFO] update in progress .
[17:04:35] [ERROR] update could not be completed ('fatal Not a git repository or any of the parent directories git')
[17:04:35] [INFO] for Linux platform it's required to install a standard 'git' package (e.g.: 'sudo apt-get install git')

[giveen]

Are you doing this from a Windows platform? I'm assuming that the --update command invokes a git request, which will not work with Windows.

or if you are on linux, make sure to add git package.

[stamparm]

This is happening as the user has not done the git clone from the
beginning. I.e. he has downloaded the ZIP version which does not support
the git pull.

I'll update the error message accordingly.
On Oct 13, 2015 4:50 PM, "Giveen" notifications@github.com wrote:

Are you doing this from a Windows platform? I'm assuming that the --update
command invokes a git request, which will not work with Windows.

or if you are on linux, make sure to add git package.

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[dustfeather]

@giveen The error I pasted earlier is from Kali Linux, I do have git installed, and I don't run the default sqlmap installation Kali comes with, it's a fresh clone.
I hope that answers your questions.

[giveen]

@dustfeather it does. I see that @stamparm already answered the question. I was just throwing out ideas.

[stamparm]

@dustfeather message updating sqlmap to the latest development appears in situations when there is a .git directory inside the sqlmap, but INVALID one. Can you please list the content of your sqlmap/.git directory? One reason that comes to my mind is that you've deleted its content because of its size

[dustfeather]

I don't have a space problem, and I didn't delete anything, I told you, that error appears even after fresh repo cloning. :)
I found out when the problem occurs for me: it's when I use it with a symlink.
If I call ./sqlmap.py --update, it works, but if I make a symlink to it and execute it from that symlink, doesn't work anymore (the update part, the rest of it works just fine)

[stamparm]

@dustfeather ok. can you please run the following commands and report back what's going on?

cd /tmp
git clone https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap.git sqlmap
cd sqlmap
python sqlmap.py --update

p.s. if you still have problems please tell me which distro are you using so I could (try to) reproduce the behavior

[dustfeather]

Running python sqlmap.py --update works, but if I run:

cd ~
ln -s /usr/share/sqlmap/sqlmap.py sqlmap
./sqlmap

It doesn't work, /usr/share is just an example, it doesn't matter in what location I clone the repo.
My distro is Kali 2.0, but with freshly cloned repo, not the default installation.
Thanks.