{"record":{"id":"1ffab74922b48258","repo":"laurent22/joplin","slug":"failed-to-extract-a-valid-commit-hash-ensure-that","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Failed to extract a valid commit hash. Ensure that git is properly initialized and you have made at least one local commit (git commit) before publishing.","messagePattern":"Failed to extract a valid commit hash\\. Ensure that git is properly initialized and you have made at least one local commit \\(git commit\\) before publishing\\.","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"Error","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"packages/generator-joplin/generators/app/templates/script/publish/steps/verifyGitState.ts","lineNumber":35,"sourceCode":"\t\t\t}\n\t\t\tthrow error;\n\t\t}\n\t};\n\n\t// Checks if the current folder is a git repository or not\n\tawait runGit('git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree', 'The current directory is not a git repository or git is not installed.');\n\n\t// Checks if there is any uncommitted changes\n\tconst status = await runGit('git status --porcelain', 'Failed to check git status. Ensure git is installed and configured.');\n\tif (status !== '') {\n\t\tthrow new Error('You have uncommitted changes. Please commit or stash them before publishing.');\n\t}\n\tlogger.success('Working tree is clean.');\n\n\t// Gets the current latest local commit hash\n\tconst commitHash = await runGit('git rev-parse HEAD', 'Could not get commit hash. Ensure you are in a valid Git repository with at least one commit.');\n\tif (commitHash.length !== 40) {\n\t\tthrow new Error('Failed to extract a valid commit hash. Ensure that git is properly initialized and you have made at least one local commit (git commit) before publishing.');\n\t}\n\tlogger.success(`Commit hash extracted: ${commitHash}`);\n\n\t// check if the local project is linked to github\n\tawait runGit('git remote get-url origin', 'No remote named \\'origin\\' found. Make sure your plugin repository is hosted on GitHub.');\n\n\tconst currentBranch = await runGit('git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD', 'Failed to retrieve current branch name. Ensure git is configured correctly.');\n\tif (currentBranch === 'HEAD') {\n\t\tthrow new Error('You are in a detached HEAD state. Checkout a branch (e.g. git checkout main) and push before publishing.');\n\t}\n\n\tconst remoteHeadLine = await runGit(`git ls-remote origin ${currentBranch}`, 'Could not retrieve remote HEAD. Make sure you have pushed your changes and have an internet connection.');\n\tif (!remoteHeadLine) {\n\t\tthrow new Error('Remote HEAD is empty. Make sure you have pushed your changes.');\n\t}\n\n\tconst parts = remoteHeadLine.split('\\n')[0].split(/\\s+/);\n\tif (parts.length < 2) {","sourceCodeStart":17,"sourceCodeEnd":53,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/blob/2654b33620775080d1d59c552259d41e33dad3d2/packages/generator-joplin/generators/app/templates/script/publish/steps/verifyGitState.ts#L17-L53","documentation":"Thrown by the plugin-publish verifyGitState step when the local commit hash from `git rev-parse HEAD` is not exactly 40 characters. A valid git SHA-1 hash is always 40 hex chars; a different length indicates git is not initialized properly, has no commits, or the command output was anomalous (e.g. a prefixed 'fatal:' message that bypassed the earlier runGit catch, or stdout trimming produced empty/garbage).","triggerScenarios":"git rev-parse HEAD returned empty (no commits yet — repo just init'd); git is not installed so the earlier runGit already should have thrown but a partial install returned garbage; the hash got truncated by a proxy/wrapper; HEAD points to an unborn branch.","commonSituations":"Running `npm run publish` in a freshly `git init`'d plugin repo with zero commits; git not on PATH in the publish environment (CI) producing odd output; a shallow clone edge case; the working dir is not actually a git repo but a tool emulated git.","solutions":["Make at least one commit before publishing: git add -A && git commit -m 'initial commit'.","Confirm git is installed and on PATH: git --version.","Verify HEAD has a commit: git rev-parse HEAD should print 40 hex chars.","If in CI, ensure the checkout action fetches full history (fetch-depth: 0) and that a commit exists."],"exampleFix":"# before — publish in a repo with no commits\nnpm run publish\n# after\n git add -A && git commit -m 'initial commit'\n npm run publish","handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"const { execSync } = require('child_process');\nconst hash = execSync('git rev-parse HEAD', { encoding: 'utf8' }).trim();\nif (!/^[0-9a-f]{40}$/.test(hash)) {\n  throw new Error('No valid commit hash. Run: git commit');\n}","typeGuard":"function isValidCommitHash(h) { return /^[0-9a-f]{40}$/.test(h); }","tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":["Always make at least one commit before publishing.","Confirm git is installed and on PATH in the publish environment.","In CI, use fetch-depth: 0 and ensure a commit exists."],"tags":["plugin-publish","git","generator-joplin","ci"],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"2654b33620775080d1d59c552259d41e33dad3d2","analyzedAt":"2026-08-12T14:26:46.263Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-12T18:17:37.767Z"}