The following code, that "fakes" a VCS, does not fix the issue. Ort probably can not handle remotes that are a local path?

[sschuberth]

The following code, that "fakes" a VCS, does not fix the issue. Ort probably can not handle remotes that are a local path?

rm -rf .git .hg # ...
git init
git add .
git config user.email "[email protected]"
git config user.name "fakeVCS.sh"
git commit -am"fakeVCS.sh"
git remote add origin "$(pwd)"

It still fails with

07:59:13.335 [main] ERROR org.ossreviewtoolkit.cli.commands.ReporterCommand - Could not create 'EvaluatedModel' report in 0s: IllegalArgumentException: The VcsInfo(type=Git, url=file:///outputs/src/, revision=ed8a0900c56408efe8cbdcf1bcdfdee69d81f600, path=my-app) of project 'Maven:com.mycompany.app:my-app:1.0-SNAPSHOT' cannot be found in Repository(vcs=VcsInfo(type=Git, url=/outputs/src, revision=ed8a0900c56408efe8cbdcf1bcdfdee69d81f600, path=), vcsProcessed=VcsInfo(type=Git, url=file:///outputs/src/, revision=ed8a0900c56408efe8cbdcf1bcdfdee69d81f600, path=),
nestedRepositories={}, config=RepositoryConfiguration(excludes=Excludes(paths=[], scopes=[]), resolutions=Resolutions(issues=[], ruleViolations=[], vulnerabilities=[]), curations=Curations(packages=[], licenseFindings=[]), packageConfigurations=[], licenseChoices=LicenseChoices(repositoryLicenseChoices=[], packageLicenseChoices=[]))).

Originally posted by @maxhbr in #2579 (comment)

[sschuberth]

Note the we also have issue #2900 which is about Git remotes that point to local (Windows) paths.

[maxhbr]

my next try to fake a vcs, so that ORT is "happy":

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

target="$1"

if [[ -d "$target/.git" || -d "$target/.hg" ]]; then
    echo "already under version control"
    exit 0
fi

tmpdir="$(mktemp -d)"
git clone https://github.com/maxhbr/empty-fake-repo-for-ort "$tmpdir"
mv "$tmpdir/.git" "$target/.git"
rm -rf "$tmpdir"

[maxhbr]

@sschuberth I still see that issue frequently pooping up and creating a lot of friction in the adoption of ORT.

[sschuberth]

Analyzing / scanning local directories that are not a working copy from a VCS still isn't a use-case that we endorse / officially support. But in order to properly track the demand I'll close this in favor of #2896 to consolidate there.