Rudder

All this began after 6.1 upgrade. Previously, nothing wrong happened.

When creating a blank and very simple custom technique, Rudder automatically adds a resource :
" shared-files/sit-rudder ${resources_dir}/shared-files/sit-rudder "
though I did not use any resource or add anything related to it.

This situation is severe as following this issue, the rules often fails to be generated until I disable everything related to this technique (the technique, the directives using it...)

Context :

Previously, I added the directory /var/rudder/configuration-repository/shared-files/sit-rudder which I'm using as a source for several other directives (but not this technique).
This sit-rudder directory is itself a git clone from another external git repository.
Please note that /var/rudder/configuration-repository is git-controlled.

In /var/rudder/configuration-repository, I can see this :

root@sit-conf-prd01:/var/rudder/configuration-repository# git status 
On branch master
Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)

    modified:   shared-files/sit-rudder (new commits)

no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

The /var/rudder/configuration-repository/techniques/ncf_techniques/abcde01/1.0/metadata.xml file (created on this test) contains :

[...]
<FILE name="RUDDER_CONFIGURATION_REPOSITORY/techniques/ncf_techniques/abcde01/1.0/resources/shared-files/sit-rudder">
  <INCLUDED>false</INCLUDED>
  <OUTPATH>abcde01/1.0/resources/shared-files/sit-rudder</OUTPATH>
</FILE>
[...]

Would it help if I provide git-related information about /var/rudder/configuration-repository?

Workaround¶

As the problem is located in jgit library, we can't correct it immediatly.
A workaround is to ignore the sub-gig repository. It will still be a git repository, and files in it will still be shareable, but it will stop confusing everything in rudder.

- on root server, go to /var/rudder/configuration-repository
- remove from git knowledge sub-git: git rm -r --cached shared-files/sit-rudder
- add to /var/rudder/configuration-repository/.gitignore (create it if necessary) line: shared-files/sit-rudder
- add gitignore change (rm is already added): git add .gitignore
- commit: git commit -m "Forgeting about sub-repos, it's causing too much troubles"
- done.