Unable to re-sign old commits

[damacus]

Error

Run: dco sign

`command': git '--git-dir=/Users/dmw/repos/cookbooks/sous-chefs/php/.git' '--work-tree=/Users/dmw/repos/cookbooks/sous-chefs/php' ls-files '--stage' ''  2>&1:fatal: empty string is not a valid pathspec. please use . instead if you meant to match all paths (Git::GitExecuteError)

Environment ChefDK

chef --version

Chef Development Kit Version: 2.4.22
chef-client version: 13.6.4
delivery version: master (73ebb72a6c42b3d2ff5370c476be800fee7e5427)
berks version: 6.3.1
kitchen version: 1.19.2
inspec version: 1.48.0

dco-1.0.1

[coderanger]

Which folder were you in when you ran the command?

[coderanger]

and also which version of git is installed :)

[damacus]

Hey, In folder: /Users/dmw/repos/cookbooks/sous-chefs/php/

git version 2.16.1

I ran it from another Mac and it worked. I "believe" they're setup the same, with the same weird direnv setup and their PATHS are definitely the same. Both using the same version of dco, from the same location.

I'll check the git version on the other mac tomorrow morning.

Thanks

[damacus]

Git version on the machine that works: 2.14.3 (Aple Git-98)

[damacus]

So yes, it's that, the newer version of git seems to break it. Reverting to 2.14.3 allows sign off.