Error install git-flow Rocky Linux 9.3

[joaomas]

After the instructions:

curl -OL https://raw.github.com/nvie/gitflow/develop/contrib/gitflow-installer.sh
chmod +x gitflow-installer.sh
sudo ./gitflow-installer.sh

Show the erros below:

fatal: clone of ‘git://github.com/nvie/shFlags.git’ into submodule path ‘/home/joao/repo/gitflow/shFlags’ failed
“install: cannot stat ‘gitflow/gitflow-shFlags’: No such file or directory”

[mtaschenberger]

Same issue for me.

System: Amazon Linux release 2023.4.20240319 (Amazon Linux) (EC2 machine)

Full Log:
sudo ./gitflow-installer.sh
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0
100 2145 100 2145 0 0 3975 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 3975

gitflow no-make installer

Installing git-flow to /usr/local/bin
Cloning repo from GitHub to gitflow
Cloning into 'gitflow'...
warning: redirecting to https://github.com/nvie/gitflow.git/
remote: Enumerating objects: 1407, done.
remote: Total 1407 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 1407
Receiving objects: 100% (1407/1407), 484.34 KiB | 3.56 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (796/796), done.
Updating submodules
Submodule 'shFlags' (git://github.com/nvie/shFlags.git) registered for path 'shFlags'
Cloning into '/home/ec2-user/gitflow/shFlags'...
fatal: unable to connect to github.com:
github.com[0: 140.82.121.3]: errno=Connection timed out

fatal: clone of 'git://github.com/nvie/shFlags.git' into submodule path '/home/ec2-user/gitflow/shFlags' failed
Failed to clone 'shFlags'. Retry scheduled
Cloning into '/home/ec2-user/gitflow/shFlags'...
fatal: unable to connect to github.com:
github.com[0: 140.82.121.4]: errno=Connection timed out

fatal: clone of 'git://github.com/nvie/shFlags.git' into submodule path '/home/ec2-user/gitflow/shFlags' failed
Failed to clone 'shFlags' a second time, aborting
'gitflow/git-flow' -> '/usr/local/bin/git-flow'
'gitflow/git-flow-init' -> '/usr/local/bin/git-flow-init'
'gitflow/git-flow-feature' -> '/usr/local/bin/git-flow-feature'
'gitflow/git-flow-hotfix' -> '/usr/local/bin/git-flow-hotfix'
'gitflow/git-flow-release' -> '/usr/local/bin/git-flow-release'
'gitflow/git-flow-support' -> '/usr/local/bin/git-flow-support'
'gitflow/git-flow-version' -> '/usr/local/bin/git-flow-version'
'gitflow/gitflow-common' -> '/usr/local/bin/gitflow-common'
install: cannot stat 'gitflow/gitflow-shFlags': No such file or directory

[joaomas]

Same issue for me.

System: Amazon Linux release 2023.4.20240319 (Amazon Linux) (EC2 machine)

Full Log: sudo ./gitflow-installer.sh % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0 100 2145 100 2145 0 0 3975 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 3975

gitflow no-make installer

Installing git-flow to /usr/local/bin Cloning repo from GitHub to gitflow Cloning into 'gitflow'... warning: redirecting to https://github.com/nvie/gitflow.git/ remote: Enumerating objects: 1407, done. remote: Total 1407 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 1407 Receiving objects: 100% (1407/1407), 484.34 KiB | 3.56 MiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (796/796), done. Updating submodules Submodule 'shFlags' (git://github.com/nvie/shFlags.git) registered for path 'shFlags' Cloning into '/home/ec2-user/gitflow/shFlags'... fatal: unable to connect to github.com: github.com[0: 140.82.121.3]: errno=Connection timed out

fatal: clone of 'git://github.com/nvie/shFlags.git' into submodule path '/home/ec2-user/gitflow/shFlags' failed Failed to clone 'shFlags'. Retry scheduled Cloning into '/home/ec2-user/gitflow/shFlags'... fatal: unable to connect to github.com: github.com[0: 140.82.121.4]: errno=Connection timed out

fatal: clone of 'git://github.com/nvie/shFlags.git' into submodule path '/home/ec2-user/gitflow/shFlags' failed Failed to clone 'shFlags' a second time, aborting 'gitflow/git-flow' -> '/usr/local/bin/git-flow' 'gitflow/git-flow-init' -> '/usr/local/bin/git-flow-init' 'gitflow/git-flow-feature' -> '/usr/local/bin/git-flow-feature' 'gitflow/git-flow-hotfix' -> '/usr/local/bin/git-flow-hotfix' 'gitflow/git-flow-release' -> '/usr/local/bin/git-flow-release' 'gitflow/git-flow-support' -> '/usr/local/bin/git-flow-support' 'gitflow/git-flow-version' -> '/usr/local/bin/git-flow-version' 'gitflow/gitflow-common' -> '/usr/local/bin/gitflow-common' install: cannot stat 'gitflow/gitflow-shFlags': No such file or directory

@mtaschenberger any news?

[ChrisJStone]

see Installing on Linux, Unix, etc for currently supported installation on Linux and Unix type OS's. This is not a issue with my fork of gitflow.

[anoureldinezg]

I think I found the solution with the help of GPT.

I tested it and it works on my system.
My os-release:
[username@machine test]$ cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Rocky Linux"
VERSION="9.4 (Blue Onyx)"
ID="rocky"
ID_LIKE="rhel centos fedora"
VERSION_ID="9.4"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:el9"
PRETTY_NAME="Rocky Linux 9.4 (Blue Onyx)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;32"
LOGO="fedora-logo-icon"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:rocky:rocky:9::baseos"
HOME_URL="https://rockylinux.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.rockylinux.org/"
SUPPORT_END="2032-05-31"
ROCKY_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Rocky-Linux-9"
ROCKY_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="9.4"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Rocky Linux"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="9.4"

{username@machine test]$ git-flow init
No branches exist yet. Base branches must be created now.
Branch name for production releases: [master]

Solution:
The error you're encountering is due to the inability to clone the shFlags submodule via the git:// protocol, which seems to be failing due to network issues or protocol restrictions. You can resolve this issue by modifying the submodule URL to use the https:// protocol instead. Here's how you can do it:

1. Clone the gitflow repository manually.
2. Modify the .gitmodules file to use https:// for the submodule.
3. Initialize and update the submodule.
4. Run the installer script.

Step 1:
git clone https://github.com/nvie/gitflow.git
cd gitflow

Step 2:
sed -i 's|git://github.com/nvie/shFlags.git|https://github.com/nvie/shFlags.git|' .gitmodules

Step3:
git submodule init
git submodule update

Step 3.5 (GPT doesn't state this): You need to exit the gitflow directory and be in the .. directory for that folder:
cd ..

Step4:
sudo ./contrib/gitflow-installer.sh install stable

Hope it works for you as it did for me.
Thanks!

[ChrisJStone]

@anoureldinezg good to hear that you were able to find a solution. Just so you are aware I have a maintained fork of git-flow at gitflow-cjs