deis create fails to create a git repo

[Dakuan]

I can create an app with the --no-remote option for the walk through and docker pull works just fine, but If I want a git repo I get an error

[~:dom] ⚡  deis create
Creating Application... done, created haptic-farmland
Error: Error when running 'git remote add deis ssh://git@deis-builder.cluster.fluid.ly:2222/haptic-farmland.git'
fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

Similarly, if creating a repo after a --no-remote:

Creating Application... done, created quoted-sandwich
If you want to add a git remote for this app later, use `deis git:remote -a quoted-sandwich`
[~:dom] ⚡  deis git:remote -a quoted-sandwich
Error: Error when running 'git remote -v'
fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git```

[bacongobbler]

Hi @Dakuan! can you check git status in your current working directory?

[bacongobbler]

For reference, heroku create does not initialize the repository either. It is expected that either the user has cloned an application from a git repository or runs git init to start a new one.

[Dakuan]

fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

I'm confused - I'm doing all my deis stuff from my home dir - I need to be in the app dir on my local machine to set up a remote repo?

[bacongobbler]

I'm confused - I'm doing all my deis stuff from my home dir - I need to be in the app dir on my local machine to set up a remote repo?

That is correct. Similar to heroku's workflow, the "happy path" would be

$ git clone https://github.com/deis/example-go
$ cd example-go/
$ deis create
$ git push deis master

If you are pulling down an image to the cluster via deis pull, however, you can do

$ deis create --no-remote
$ deis pull deis/example-go

Does that help clarify things?

[Dakuan]

As you suggest, deis create inside a git repo works lovely - thanks

Still a bit confused mind. If I'm at ~/, I can create a heroku app just fine:

[~:dom] ⚡  heroku create
Creating app... done, ⬢ thawing-forest-56676
https://thawing-forest-56676.herokuapp.com/ | https://git.heroku.com/thawing-forest-56676.git
[~:dom] ⚡

[Dakuan]

all good though, I'm up and running. Greatly appreciate the responsiveness!

[bacongobbler]

That is an interesting behaviour. Maybe the Heroku client recognizes that there's no git repo, so it just runs with --no-remote and reports the URL. That was not the old behaviour, so it must've been changed in a future release. I can file a feature request for that in deis/workflow-cli.

No problem. Happy to help!

[bacongobbler]

I filed deis/workflow-cli#298 to track the feature. Thanks for the report!