[Github] Unable to clone and open new repositories using hotkey

[MarcoLucke]

Extension

https://www.raycast.com/raycast/github

Raycast Version

1.88.3

macOS Version

15.2

Description

Can't Clone and Open a new repository in GitHub search-repositories error:

worked before seems broken since latest Mac OS or Raycast Extension Update Path to Clone into is set as before:

manually cloning via gh cli works

Steps To Reproduce

Open Raycast Use Search Repositories from GitHub extension Select a new repository that's not in you local storage press opt + cmd + c to "clone and open"

Current Behaviour

Can't clone new repositories with clone and open command pulling existing repositories works fine

Expected Behaviour

need to be able to clone non existing repositories via clone and open again

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[thomaslombart]

Could you share a recording? It'll make it easier to see what's happening.

[MarcoLucke]

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e0b29b07-8c38-440c-824e-1350cabbeaf6

[MarcoLucke]

as you can see im trying to "Clone And Open" a Repo that is not currently in my local file system. This ends in the error:

my Clone Path is set as usual, nothing changed there:

[MarcoLucke]

And when I execute the same command manually it works as intended. Seems as if "Clone And Open" doesn't use the configured folder anymore.

[antonengelhardt]

Yes, the Raycast process (and the child process it spawns) does not have permissions to create a folder in the file system.

export async function cloneAndOpen(repository: ExtendedRepositoryFieldsFragment) {
  const { application, baseClonePath, repositoryCloneProtocol } = getPreferenceValues<Preferences.SearchRepositories>();
  console.log("baseClonePath", baseClonePath);
  const applicationPath = application?.path.replaceAll(" ", "\\ ");
  const clonePath = `${baseClonePath}/${repository.nameWithOwner}`;
  console.log("clonePath", clonePath);
  const openCommand = `open -a ${applicationPath} ${clonePath}`;

  // ...

  if (!existsSync(clonePath.replace("~", homedir()))) {
    const cloneCommand = buildCloneCommand(repository.nameWithOwner, repositoryCloneProtocol);

    try {
      execSync(cloneCommand);
    } catch (error) {
      toast.style = Toast.Style.Failure;
      toast.title = "Error while cloning the repository";
      toast.message = getErrorMessage(error);
      console.error(error);
      return;
    }
  }

// ...

export const buildCloneCommand = (
  repoNameWithOwner: string,
  cloneProtocol: AcceptableCloneProtocol,
  options?: Partial<AdditionalCloneFormatOptions>,
): string => {
  const gitFlag = options?.gitFlags?.join(" ") ?? "";
  const targetDir = options?.targetDir ?? "";

  const cloneUrl = formatRepositoryUrl(repoNameWithOwner, cloneProtocol);
  return `git clone ${gitFlag} ${cloneUrl} ${targetDir}`;
};

[0] 11:06:18.520 baseClonePath /Users/antonengelhardt/Documents/repos
[0] 11:06:18.520 clonePath /Users/antonengelhardt/Documents/repos/raycast/ripgrep
[0] 11:06:18.619 Error: Command failed: git clone  https://github.com/raycast/ripgrep.git 
[0] fatal: could not create work tree dir 'ripgrep': Read-only file system

[thomaslombart]

I've looked at it, and I can reproduce it indeed. Using the Clone with Options form seems to work though, so there's probably something in the Clone and Open action that's not been updated or doesn't work. Would one of you be able to look at it? I'm busy with other projects at the moment, so it's hard to dedicate some time to that.

[LitoMore]

@thomaslombart I will take a look.