clone via branch does not create a project dir

[ericpaulsen]

from a prospective customer:

when creating a devcontainer workspace via a direct repo link (e.g. https://github.com/org/repo-name), the envbuilder clones the repo into the repo-name directory, so you get /workspaces/repo-name/… , but when creating via a branch link (e.g. https://github.com/org/repo-name/#refs/heads/jon-coder), the envbuilder seems to clone the repo contents directly into workspaces, so you get /workspaces/…

this is blocking their devcontainer use-case with Coder, because their build/service scripts rely on the source path in order to work, so the project not being in /workspaces/repo-name/ is breaking the services.

[mafredri]

@ericpaulsen I'm trying to reproduce this with envbuilder 1.0 but it seems to work as expected. Could you provide the following additional information:

• Envbuilder version
• Exact Git URL format (e.g. https://[redacted].git#refs/heads/...)
• Whether or not ENVBUILDER_WORKSPACE_FOLDER is set and to which value
• Are any other GIT_ options being used, like GIT_CLONE_SINGLE_BRANCH?

Edit: This was possibly fixed in #188.

[JonathanSun]

I believe it’s a bug in this code:

envbuilder/options/defaults.go

Line 20 in 46c97a4

func DefaultWorkspaceFolder(repoURL string) string {

I’m able to reproduce by testing the code locally on an input like https://github.com/[org]/[repo]/#refs/heads/[branch]

Specifically this line:

envbuilder/options/defaults.go

Line 28 in 46c97a4

name := strings.Split(parsed.Path, "/")

For the URL https://github.com/[org]/[repo]/#refs/heads/[branch], this results in name:
["", "[org]", "[repo]", ""]
and the last argument ("") is chosen as the repo name instead of the proper name.

The same issue can be noticed by adding an extra / to any non-branch URL, i.e. https://github.com/[org]/[repo]/. Also note that it doesn't matter whether .git is added to the repo identifier or not.

[ericpaulsen]

@JonathanSun @mafredri i am also able to reproduce:

i just reproduced this on dev.coder.com using the Devcontainers template and the following URL:

https://github.com/coder/coder/#refs/heads/cred-helper

no ENVBUILDER_* environment variables are set in the template. here's my GIT_* vars:

$ env | grep GIT
GIT_SSH_COMMAND=/tmp/coder.vPtbyP/coder gitssh --
GIT_COMMITTER_NAME=eric
GIT_ASKPASS=/tmp/coder.vPtbyP/coder
[email protected]
[email protected]
GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=eric

[mafredri]

Thanks @JonathanSun for your investigation and @ericpaulsen for verification, I can also reproduce this by adding the trailing slash 👍🏻