Re: shell script calling git fails when called from scheduler

From: Matt Harrison <iwasinnamuknow@genestate.com>
Date: Mar 25, 2011, 22:19 UTC
Message-ID: <20110325221914.GA11156@genestate.com>
In-Reply-To: <0v62r6q2lm.fsf@gmail.com>

On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 03:04:05PM -0700, Markus Heller wrote:

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> Hi all,
> 
> I have the following batch shell script (org-git-synch.bat):
> 
> @ECHO OFF
> 
> REM get date and time
> for /f "delims=" %%a in ('date/t') do @set mydate=%%a
> for /f "delims=" %%a in ('time/t') do @set mytime=%%a
> set fvar=%mydate%%mytime%
> 
> REM add all new files
> call git add .
> call git commit -a -m "Automated commit by org-git-sync.bat on %fvar%"
> 
> The script resides in h:/org/; and I have a working git repository in
> this directory (in h:/org/.git).
> 
> I can run the script from the command line no problem, but when I try to
> run it from the Windoze scheduler, all I get is a cmd window saying:
> 
> fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
> fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
> 
> I did re-initialize the repository, but that didn't matter, since git
> status and everything else works fine from the command line.  I'm on Win
> 7 Pro 64 bit SP 1.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks and Cheers
> Markus

At a guess (I dont use the windows scheduler), the working directory of the batch file is not being set to h:/org

I dont know if there is a way to tell the windows scheduler what the working directory should be, so maybe try cd'ing to h:/org at the start of your script?

HTH

Matt