{"record":{"id":"2b64b7d04f76ec25","repo":"goreleaser/goreleaser","slug":"unable-to-get-upstream-s-remote-while-qualifying-r","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"unable to get upstream's remote while qualifying relative remote: %w","messagePattern":"unable to get upstream's remote while qualifying relative remote: %w","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"internal/git/config.go","lineNumber":45,"sourceCode":"\t}\n\t// This is a relative remote URL and requires some additional processing\n\tif out == \".\" {\n\t\treturn extractRelativeRepoFromConfig(ctx)\n\t}\n\treturn ExtractRepoFromURL(out)\n}\n\nfunc extractRelativeRepoFromConfig(ctx context.Context) (result config.Repo, err error) {\n\tout, err := Clean(Run(ctx, \"rev-parse\", \"--abbrev-ref\", \"--symbolic-full-name\", \"@{u}\"))\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn result, fmt.Errorf(\"unable to get upstream while qualifying relative remote: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\tif out == \"\" {\n\t\treturn result, errors.New(\"unable to get upstream while qualifying relative remote: empty output\")\n\t}\n\tout, err = Clean(Run(ctx, \"config\", \"--get\", fmt.Sprintf(\"branch.%s.remote\", out)))\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn result, fmt.Errorf(\"unable to get upstream's remote while qualifying relative remote: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\tif out == \"\" {\n\t\treturn result, errors.New(\"unable to get upstream's remote while qualifying relative remote: empty output\")\n\t}\n\tout, err = Clean(Run(ctx, \"ls-remote\", \"--get-url\", out))\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn result, fmt.Errorf(\"unable to get upstream while qualifying relative remote: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\treturn ExtractRepoFromURL(out)\n}\n\nfunc ExtractRepoFromURL(rawurl string) (config.Repo, error) {\n\t// removes the .git suffix and any new lines\n\ts := strings.TrimSuffix(strings.TrimSpace(rawurl), \".git\")\n\n\t// if the URL contains a :, indicating a SSH config,\n\t// remove all chars until it, including itself\n\t// on HTTP and HTTPS URLs it will remove the http(s): prefix,","sourceCodeStart":27,"sourceCodeEnd":63,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/blob/f5edd7395693c0c6b501dc722d445d2e86af854d/internal/git/config.go#L27-L63","documentation":"After resolving the upstream branch name, extractRelativeRepoFromConfig runs `git config --get branch.<upstream>.remote`; failure here is wrapped with this message. It means the upstream branch name was found but its remote mapping is missing from git config.","triggerScenarios":"Upstream exists symbolically but `branch.<name>.remote` is absent — e.g. hand-edited .git/config, upstream set to a local branch name rather than a remote-tracking branch, or partial config migration.","commonSituations":"Configs created by tools that set branch.merge without branch.remote, repos where .git/config was stripped, branches tracking other local branches instead of remote refs.","solutions":["Set the remote mapping: `git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/<branch>` which writes branch.<name>.remote","Inspect `git config --get-regexp '^branch\\.'` and repair missing remote/merge entries","Re-clone or restore a valid .git/config if it was hand-edited","Configure a fallback remote resolution (use `origin`) when branch.*.remote is absent"],"exampleFix":"// .git/config before\n[branch \"feature\"]\n    merge = refs/heads/feature\n// after\n[branch \"feature\"]\n    remote = origin\n    merge = refs/heads/feature","handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"branch, _ := exec.Command(\"git\", \"rev-parse\", \"--abbrev-ref\", \"HEAD\").Output()\nremote := exec.Command(\"git\", \"config\", \"--get\", \"branch.\"+strings.TrimSpace(string(branch))+\".remote\")\nif err := remote.Run(); err != nil { /* repair config first */ }","typeGuard":"func isMissingBranchRemote(err error) bool {\n    return strings.Contains(err.Error(), \"unable to get upstream's remote\")\n}","tryCatchPattern":"repo, err := git.ExtractRepoFromConfig(ctx)\nif err != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), \"unable to get upstream's remote\") {\n    exec.Command(\"git\", \"branch\", \"--set-upstream-to=origin/\"+branch).Run()\n    repo, err = git.ExtractRepoFromConfig(ctx)\n}","preventionTips":["Use `git branch --set-upstream-to` instead of hand-editing .git/config","Keep remote and merge keys paired under each [branch] section","Audit configs after migrations or repo restructuring","Run `git config --list` sanity checks in setup scripts"],"tags":["go","git","configuration"],"backgroundTag":"git-remote-not-configured","analyzedSha":"f5edd7395693c0c6b501dc722d445d2e86af854d","analyzedAt":"2026-09-05T09:57:18.807Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-05T09:57:18.807Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-12T12:17:11.808Z"}