Unable to use GIT as a profile source

[username-is-already-taken2]

Cookbook version

0.2.3

Chef-client version

12.16.42

Platform Details

chef-client running on windows 2012 R2

Scenario:

Using the same node I am able to use the audit cookbook and call compliance profiles hosted on the chef-compliance server but I am getting an error when trying to run the profiles directly from git

Steps to Reproduce:

Same cookbook I am changing enviroment attributes to reference my git repo

{
  "audit": {
    "collector": "chef-server",
    "insecure": false,
    "profiles": [
      {
        "name": "compliance_constitution",
        "git": "https://git.*********.com/***/compliance_constitution.git"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Expected Result:

Should run my profile, I can run the profile successfully using inspec exec and the http://url to the same repo

Actual Result:

chef-client run failes

[chris-rock]

@username-is-already-taken2 Is git installed on that machine? We rely on native git command to be available

[username-is-already-taken2]

@chris-rock No this server doesn't, I'll install it and give it ago.

I did try looking around the code to see how the git intergration works, but with my random clicking of files in the repo I wasn't able to determine that.

I was just thinking I might be able to raise a PR to fail with a better error if git was not found? Just thinking.

Anyway thanks for your help

[chris-rock]

@username-is-already-taken2 The git fetcher is implemented here https://github.com/chef/inspec/blob/master/lib/fetchers/git.rb#L149 It should output an appropriate error, but if you do not see it from the very beginning, we need to improve that.