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Error: Cannot detect repository by .git/config. Please specify "repository" in the package.json

See original GitHub issue

Version: 19.24.1
Target: Mac

Failed with this error.

Error: Cannot detect repository by .git/config. Please specify "repository" in the package.json (https://docs.npmjs.com/files/package.json#repository).
Please see https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/wiki/Publishing-Artifacts
    at /Users/berton/workspace/git/project/node_modules/_electron-builder@19.24.1@electron-builder/src/publish/PublishManager.ts:499:13

I am using gitlab for managing my project, and the repository field is:

"repository": {
  "type": "git",
  "url": "git@gitlab.domain.com:group/project.git"
 },

Maybe a github repository is necessary for publishing but I don’t need it.

I tried to add --publish never, no work.

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Created 6 years ago
Reactions:5
Comments:8 (3 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

4reactions

hkmooncommented, Aug 30, 2017

I tried to publish the build to bintray with gitlab. It gave the same error. It would be nice to handle such a case too.

2reactions

dombarnescommented, Dec 3, 2019

Is this bug going to get addressed as its 2yrs old now?

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