Hi, in my pants project, I am installing a python package from an open git repository. Creating the lock file works and I can run

pants run my_project:bin

successfully. However, when I want to deploy my project (

pants package my_project

) it fails with

ERROR: Cannot find command 'git' - do you have 'git' installed and in your PATH?

I already added git to the

docker_image

but that does not solve it. I feel there is must be an obvious way that I can't see yet, since I couldn't find anyone reporting a similar issue in this channel.

What package target are you using? I feel the need for the

git

executable must be explicitly stated using a runtime dependency with a

system_binary

.

The former command runs outside of the sandbox in your project root. The latter command runs inside a sandbox, isolated from the outside world. There's a config setting you can use to poke holes in the sandbox, but I'm forgetting which one it is. Maybe https://www.pantsbuild.org/2.20/reference/subsystems/pex#executable_search_paths?

Thank you for your answers. I dug into them but without success. I am still struggling to wrap my head around what actually is happening behind the scenes. I added in front of

python_sources

> system_binary( > name="git", > binary_name="git", > ) I also changed

binary_name="/usr/bin/git"

. But I still get the same error that git is not installed or not in my path.

Make sure the relevant target depends on that target. You can run your command with https://www.pantsbuild.org/2.20/reference/subsystems/pex#executable_search_paths

Thank you Josh. I now put in the following configuration - unfortunately without success pants.toml:

[pex]

executable_search_paths = ["/usr/bin/git"]

BUILD:

system_binary(

name="git",

binary_name="/usr/bin/git",

)

python_sources(dependencies=[":git"])

Is git installed in the docker image that the docker Linux target is pointing to?

I guess it is this one:

docker_environment(

name="docker_linux",

platform="linux_x86_64",

image=f"python:{python_version}-slim-bullseye",

python_bootstrap_search_path=["/usr/local/bin"],

)

Maybe it is possible to give some instructions to the docker_environment?

Unfortunately, last I checked (which was admittedly a while ago) there wasn't a way to specify a local target for the

image=

. 😕

yep, there's an open feature request for that: https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/issues/17714

Thanks y'all. We fixed it by using our local linux and not the docker_linux one. I appreciate your time and comments - without them I would have never found the cause. ❤️