Error building IC in a submodule via github actions

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Hello, I added the dfnity/ic repo as a submodule in my own project.

In the CI pipeline I set up a github action to update the IC and build wasms periodically using cd ic && ./gitlab-ci/container/build-ic.sh -c. But I run into the error fatal: not a git repository: /ic/../.git/modules/ic.

Weirdly it all works on my local machine from the same repo. Any ideas on how to solve it?

Repository rule new_git_repository defined at:

  /ic/.cache/bazel/_bazel_1001/6d065581cce7ad9076e3b8db2b3afaf0/external/bazel_tools/tools/build_defs/repo/git.bzl:186:37: in <toplevel>

INFO: Analyzed target //publish/canisters:canisters (592 packages loaded, 16235 targets configured).

INFO: Found 1 target...

[0 / 100] [Prepa] BazelWorkspaceStatusAction stable-status.txt

ERROR: <builtin>: BazelWorkspaceStatusAction stable-status.txt failed: Failed to determine workspace status: Process exited with status 128

fatal: not a git repository: /ic/../.git/modules/ic

Target //publish/canisters:canisters failed to build

Use --verbose_failures to see the command lines of failed build steps.

INFO: Elapsed time: 167.605s, Critical Path: 0.11s

INFO: 1 process: 1 internal.

FAILED: Build did NOT complete successfully

FAILED: Build did NOT complete successfully

Gathering metadata for bazel cquery...
cp: cannot stat 'bazel-out/k8-opt/bin/publish/canisters/candid-test-canister.wasm.gz': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat 'bazel-out/k8-opt/bin/publish/canisters/canister-creator-canister.wasm.gz': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat 'bazel-out/k8-opt/bin/publish/canisters/cycles-minting-canister.wasm.gz': No such file or directory
2

Do you use GitHub - actions/checkout: Action for checking out a repo to checkout your repo by any chance?

If so, you probably want to set the submodules field to true.

3

Yes, the submodules flag is set.

name: Update IC repo
run-name: Update IC repo
on: 
  workflow_dispatch:
  schedule:
    - cron: '30 2 * * 2,4,6'
jobs:
  update_ic_repo:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - run: echo "Event ${{ github.event_name }}. OS ${{ runner.os }}. Branch ${{ github.ref }}."
      - name: Check out repository code
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          submodules: 'true'
      - run: echo "💡 The ${{ github.repository }} repository has been cloned to the runner."
      - name: List files in the repository
        run: |
          ls ${{ github.workspace }}
          flag='a'
          echo $flag
      - name: Update IC folder
        run: |
          cd ic
          git checkout master
          git pull --rebase
      - name: Install SDK
        run: |
          sh -ci "$(curl -fsSL https://internetcomputer.org/install.sh)"
          curl -L --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cargo-bins/cargo-binstall/main/install-from-binstall-release.sh | bash
          cargo binstall --no-confirm ic-wasm
          rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown
      - name: Bazel cache restore
        uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
        with:
          path: |
            ~/.cache/bazel
            bazel-bin/
            bazel-ic/
            bazel-out/
            bazel-testlogs/
            target/
            artifacts/
          key: ${{ runner.os }}-bazel-
      - name: Build IC canisters
        run: |
          cd ic
          ./gitlab-ci/container/build-ic.sh -c
          cp artifacts/canisters/ic-icrc* ../rs/ic-wasms/
          cp rs/rosetta-api/icrc1/ledger/ledger.did ../rs/ic-wasms/
          cp rs/rosetta-api/icrc1/index-ng/index-ng.did ../rs/ic-wasms/
          cp rs/rosetta-api/icic1/archive/archive.did ../rs/ic-wasms/
      - name: Bazel cache save
        uses: actions/cache/save@v3
        with:
          path: |
            ~/.cache/bazel
            bazel-bin/
            bazel-ic/
            bazel-out/
            bazel-testlogs/
            target/
            artifacts/
          key: ${{ runner.os }}-bazel-${{ hashFiles('.bazelversion', '.bazelrc', 'WORKSPACE.bazel', 'bazel-timestamp.txt') }}
      - name: Commit Compiled WASMs
        uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9
        if: env.TESTS_PASSED
        with:
          add: ../rs/ic-wasms/*
          default_author: github_actions
          commit: --signoff
          message: "🤖 IC WASM auto-update"