Error: spawn 'Files\Git\dist\' ENOENT - The system cannot find the path specified

Question

I have installed a fresh Sitecore 9.2 install and I'm trying to deploy an existing react solution to my local. When I run the npm build task I get the following error.

> my-sitecore-site@1.2.0 build:client C:\dev\sites\my-sitecore-site
> cross-env-shell NODE_ENV=${NODE_ENV:-develop} PUBLIC_URL=$npm_package_config_sitecoreDistPath "craco build" && node ./build-client.js

The system cannot find the path specified.
events.js:292
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: spawn Files\Git\dist\my-sitecore-site ENOENT
    at notFoundError (C:\dev\sites\my-sitecore-site\node_modules\cross-env\node_modules\cross-spawn\lib\enoent.js:6:26)
    at verifyENOENT (C:\dev\sites\my-sitecore-site\node_modules\cross-env\node_modules\cross-spawn\lib\enoent.js:40:16)
    at ChildProcess.cp.emit (C:\dev\sites\my-sitecore-site\node_modules\cross-env\node_modules\cross-spawn\lib\enoent.js:27:25)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:277:12)
Emitted 'error' event on ChildProcess instance at:
    at ChildProcess.cp.emit (C:\dev\sites\my-sitecore-site\node_modules\cross-env\node_modules\cross-spawn\lib\enoent.js:30:37)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:277:12) {
  code: 'ENOENT',
  errno: 'ENOENT',
  syscall: 'spawn Files\\Git\\dist\\my-sitecore-site',
  path: 'Files\\Git\\dist\\my-sitecore-site',
  spawnargs: [ 'craco build' ]
}
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! my-sitecore-site@1.2.0 build:client: `cross-env-shell NODE_ENV=${NODE_ENV:-develop} PUBLIC_URL=$npm_package_config_sitecoreDistPath "craco build" && node ./build-client.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the my-sitecore-site@1.2.0 build:client script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\my-user\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2021-04-01T14_27_37_138Z-debug.log
ERROR: "build:client" exited with 1.
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! my-sitecore-site@1.2.0 build: `npm-run-all --serial bootstrap:connected build:client build:server`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the my-sitecore-site@1.2.0 build script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\my-user\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2021-04-01T14_27_37_222Z-debug.log

It looks like it has some issues with this npm task

"build": "npm-run-all --serial bootstrap:connected build:client build:server",

and it fails on build:client.

If I run npm run build:client individually on its own it works, but when I run npm-run-all --serial bootstrap:connected build:client build:server it fails and gives me the error above.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks!

Answer 1

I figured out the issue.

When running npm run build Git Bash was changing my file path from the projects file path (C:\dev\sites\my-sitecore-site) to where git was installed (C:\Program Files\Git).

I had to run this command in git bash set MSYS_NO_PATHCONV=1 git blame -L/pathconv/ msys2_path_conv.cc

Setting this flag stops the path conversion that is happening.

I found this solution here - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54258996/git-bash-string-parameter-with-at-start-is-being-expanded-to-a-file-path