Error: GitVersion: Could not locate executable.

What You Are Seeing?

Error: GitVersion: Could not locate executable.

What is Expected?

GitVersion to return the correct version information for my repository

What version of Cake are you using?

Version 0.13.0+Branch.main.Sha.f7346f2a5fb4e19a24cf15780ce635529f921be4

Are you running on a 32 or 64 bit system?

64

What environment are you running on? Windows? Linux? Mac?

Windows 10

Are you running on a CI Server? If so, which one?

No

How Did You Get This To Happen? (Steps to Reproduce)

• Download build.ps1 from cake repository
• create a cake script with 1 task with the following lines

GitVersion assertedVersions = context.GitVersion(new GitVersionSettings
{
    OutputType = GitVersionOutput.Json,
});

• Run build script

Note: I can run git commands from the command line without issue. It appears that the “bootstrapper” is not installing the gitversion.exe and instead is assuming that it is installed on the system already.

Output Log

Preparing to run build script… Running build script… Module directory does not exist. Analyzing build script… Analyzing E:/Projects/source/FrameworkAssets/CoreFunctionality/Mobile/build.cake… Analyzing E:/Projects/source/FrameworkAssets/CoreFunctionality/Mobile/tools/versionUtils.cake… Analyzing E:/Projects/source/FrameworkAssets/CoreFunctionality/Mobile/tools/settingsUtils.cake… Processing build script… Installing addins… Package Cake.Json has already been installed. The addin Cake.Json will reference Cake.Json.dll. The addin Cake.Json will reference Newtonsoft.Json.dll. Package Cake.Json has already been installed. The addin Cake.Json will reference Cake.Json.dll. The addin Cake.Json will reference Newtonsoft.Json.dll. Creating script session… Adding reference to mscorlib.dll… Adding reference to System.dll… Adding reference to System.Core.dll… Adding reference to System.Data.dll… Adding reference to System.Xml.dll… Adding reference to System.Xml.Linq.dll… Adding reference to Cake.Core.dll… Adding reference to Cake.Common.dll… Adding reference to Cake.exe… Adding reference to Cake.Json.dll… Adding reference to Newtonsoft.Json.dll… Importing namespace Cake.Common… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Build… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Build.AppVeyor… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Build.AppVeyor.Data… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Build.Bitrise… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Build.Bitrise.Data… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Build.ContinuaCI… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Build.ContinuaCI.Data… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Build.Jenkins… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Build.Jenkins.Data… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Build.TravisCI… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Build.TravisCI.Data… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Diagnostics… Importing namespace Cake.Common.IO… Importing namespace Cake.Common.IO.Paths… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Net… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Security… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Solution… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Solution.Project… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Solution.Project.Properties… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Solution.Project.XmlDoc… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Text… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.Cake… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.Chocolatey… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.Chocolatey.ApiKey… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.Chocolatey.Config… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.Chocolatey.Features… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.Chocolatey.Install… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.Chocolatey.Pack… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.Chocolatey.Pin… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.Chocolatey.Push… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.Chocolatey.Sources… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.Chocolatey.Upgrade… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.DNU… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.DNU.Build… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.DNU.Pack… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.DNU.Restore… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.DotCover… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.DotCover.Analyse… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.DotCover.Cover… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.DotNetCore… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.DotNetCore.Build… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.DotNetCore.Execute… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.DotNetCore.Pack… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.DotNetCore.Publish… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.DotNetCore.Restore… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.DotNetCore.Run… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.DotNetCore.Test… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.DupFinder… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.Fixie… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.GitLink… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.GitReleaseManager… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.GitReleaseManager.AddAssets… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.GitReleaseManager.Close… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.GitReleaseManager.Create… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.GitReleaseManager.Export… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.GitReleaseManager.Publish… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.GitReleaseNotes… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.GitVersion… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.ILMerge… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.ILRepack… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.InspectCode… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.MSBuild… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.MSTest… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.NSIS… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.NuGet… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.NuGet.Install… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.NuGet.Pack… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.NuGet.Push… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.NuGet.Restore… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.NuGet.SetApiKey… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.NuGet.SetProxy… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.NuGet.Sources… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.NuGet.Update… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.NUnit… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.OctopusDeploy… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.OpenCover… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.ReportGenerator… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.ReportUnit… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.Roundhouse… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.SignTool… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.SpecFlow… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.SpecFlow.StepDefinitionReport… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.SpecFlow.TestExecutionReport… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.TextTransform… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.VSTest… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.WiX… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.XBuild… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Tools.XUnit… Importing namespace Cake.Common.Xml… Importing namespace Cake.Core… Importing namespace Cake.Core.Diagnostics… Importing namespace Cake.Core.IO… Importing namespace Cake.Core.Scripting… Importing namespace Cake.Json… Importing namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Linq… Importing namespace System… Importing namespace System.Collections.Generic… Importing namespace System.IO… Importing namespace System.Linq… Importing namespace System.Text… Importing namespace System.Threading.Tasks… Compiling build script… Loading Settings: .\settings.json Calculating Semantic Version Error: Cake.Core.CakeException: GitVersion: Could not locate executable. at Cake.Core.Tooling.Tool1.RunProcess(TSettings settings, ProcessArgumentBuilder arguments, ProcessSettings processSettings) at Cake.Core.Tooling.Tool1.Run(TSettings settings, ProcessArgumentBuilder arguments, ProcessSettings processSettings, Action1 postAction) at Cake.Common.Tools.GitVersion.GitVersionRunner.Run(GitVersionSettings settings) at Submission#0.VersionUtils.LoadVersionFromGit(ICakeContext context, String assemblyInfoFile) at Submission#0..ctor(Session session, Object& submissionResult) at Submission#0.<Factory>(Session session) at Roslyn.Scripting.CommonScriptEngine.Execute[T](String code, String path, DiagnosticBag diagnostics, Session session, Boolean isInteractive) at Roslyn.Scripting.Session.Execute(String code) at Cake.Core.Scripting.ScriptRunner.Run(IScriptHost host, FilePath scriptPath, IDictionary2 arguments) at Cake.Commands.BuildCommand.Execute(CakeOptions options) at Cake.CakeApplication.Run(CakeOptions options) at Cake.Program.Main()

[gep13]

@Svetomechc my advice would be the following…

First of all, make use of the following module:

https://www.gep13.co.uk/blog/introducing-cake.dotnettool.module

Which will allow you to install .net Global Tools into your local tools folder. So, add the following to your build.cake file:

#module nuget:?package=Cake.DotNetTool.Module&version=0.1.0
#tool "dotnet:?package=GitVersion.Tool&version=4.0.1-beta1-51&prerelease"

This will download the Cake.DotNetTool.Module, and then when you run the build, it will download the GitVersion.Tool Global Tool into your local tools folder. NOTE: in order for this to work, you will need to do the following:

./build.sh --bootstrap
./build.sh

Then, in order to use that newly downloaded tool as part of the build, you will need to do something like the following:

  GitVersion(new GitVersionSettings{
    ToolPath = Context.Tools.Resolve("dotnet-gitversion") ?? Context.Tools.Resolve("dotnet-gitversion.exe")
  });

Depending on how exactly you are invoking GitVersion.

[gep13]

@Svetomechc I have created an issue here:

https://github.com/cake-build/cake/issues/2387

Which should hopefully go into the 0.31.0 release of Cake, which would mean that the resolving of the tool part of the above shouldn’t be required.