working_directory param doesn't work

[christopher-FH]

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Which mobile framework are you using?

Flutter (Dart)

Steps to reproduce

1. Use example from documentation

workflows:
  build-apps:
    name: Build iOS and Android
    working_directory: mobile
    scripts:
      - name: Prepare
        script: pwd # current working directory is /Users/builder/clone/mobile
      - name: Build iOS
        working_directory: mobile/ios
        script: pwd # current working directory is /Users/builder/clone/mobile/ios
      - name: Build Android
        working_directory: mobile/android
        script: pwd # current working directory is /Users/builder/clone/mobile/android
      - name: Process Logs
        working_directory: /Users/builder/Library/Logs
        script: pwd # current working directory is /Users/builder/Library/Logs

2. Run build

Expected results

success

Actual results

failure

Build failed :|

Build id (optional)

64ad5bbbd5567cbd2cc50e96

[kulakarla]

Hello Christopher, are you sure you have a directory called "mobile" inside your repository? I tested it with a sample, created a folder called "mobile" inside my repo with subfolders "ios" and "android" and the build succeeded. Used the exact same YAML.

In your error logs I find: FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: PosixPath('/Users/builder/clone/mobile')

[christopher-FH]

@kulakarla
How did you check this error? I didn't see that.

Now I see the problem, I though that working_directory is the directory where we clone repo as well.

We use external tool from github. I wanted to clone main repo to separate directory, like that:
.../clone/app_directory/app files
.../clone/tool/tool files

Do you have any idea what is the best way to do that?

[kulakarla]

@christopher-FH
I can see general logs.

So, currently it is not possible to have the initial repo cloned to a different folder.

The simplest suggestion from me is a simple bash script of copying the folder. Here's a simple example I made to copy the repo to another folder inside clone. Just some checking scripts aswell.

workflows:
  build-apps:
    name: Build iOS and Android
    scripts:
      - name: Copy folder
        working_directory: /Users/builder
        script: |
          cp -R clone app_files
          rm -rf clone/*
          mv app_files clone
      - name: Check folder is empty
        working_directory: /Users/builder/clone
        script: |
          ls
      - name: Check existence
        working_directory: /Users/builder/clone/app_files
        script: |
          ls

[kulakarla]

I am tentatively closing this thread due to inactivity.