Dockerfile --local can only be used inside a git repository

[kmshar]

Dockerfile --local can only be used inside a git repository

Description:

Fails to build with default configuration.

To Reproduce:

Build docker using docker build -t lyft/cartography .

Logs:

=> ERROR [10/10] RUN /usr/bin/git config --local user.name "cartography"                                                                                                         0.2s
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 > [10/10] RUN /usr/bin/git config --local user.name "cartography":
0.203 fatal: --local can only be used inside a git repository
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Dockerfile:33
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  31 |     # and the user that is going to run the unit&integ tests.
  32 |     RUN git config --global --add safe.directory /srv/cartography
  33 | >>> RUN /usr/bin/git config --local user.name "cartography"
  34 |
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ERROR: failed to solve: process "/bin/sh -c /usr/bin/git config --local user.name \"cartography\"" did not complete successfully: exit code: 128

Screenshots:

[chandanchowdhury]

Looks like there is not a Git repo where you are running the command.

Did you use git clone or some other method?

Try git init and then build again using dist.Dockerfile to see if that helps.