GitHub Action to build my site doesn't have permission to create /resource directory?

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My Hugo site (https://github.com/EOCOnline/eoconline.github.io) builds & runs fine locally, on my Windows desktop.

However, the Github Action/workflow
https://github.com/EOCOnline/eoconline.github.io/blob/main/.github/workflows/main.yml
fails with
`ERROR mkdir /resourceCache: permission denied
Total in 2065 ms

Error: error building site: render: failed to render pages: render of “404” failed: “/home/runner/work/eoconline.github.io/eoconline.github.io/themes/eoconline/layouts/_default/baseof.html:38:7”: execute of template failed: template: 404.en.html:38:7: executing “404.en.html” at <partial “essentials/header.html” .>: error calling partial: “/home/runner/work/eoconline.github.io/eoconline.github.io/themes/eoconline/layouts/partials/essentials/header.html:8:11”: execute of template failed: template: partials/essentials/header.html:8:11: executing “partials/essentials/header.html” at <partial “logo”>: error calling partial: “/tmp/hugo_cache_runner/modules/filecache/modules/pkg/mod/github.com/gethugothemes/hugo-modules/images@v0.0.0-20240711030223-49ae4a26e064/layouts/partials/logo.html:83:33”: execute of template failed: template: partials/logo.html:83:33: executing “partials/logo.html” at <$logo.Resize>: error calling Resize: mkdir /resourceCache: permission denied

Error: Process completed with exit code 1.`

(In hugo.toml I’ve added resourceDir = "/resourceCache/", since I’m offering “resources” to folks.)

I’ve tried:

  • reading lots of docs
  • ensuring I was using Hugo-extended (required by the Resize command)
  • git update-index --chmod=+x .github/workflows/main.yml
  • set GITHUB_TOKEN permissions within main.yml to write-all
  • removing resourceCache from my gitignore file, so the directories are already there & need not be created
  • coffee & sugar & sleep

Any other ideas?!

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Why do you have two workflows for deploying to GitHub Pages?

If you want to deploy to GitHub Pages, use these instructions:
https://gohugo.io/hosting-and-deployment/hosting-on-github/

The documented workflow file is used by hundreds or perhaps thousands of sites. Works great.

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Thanks for validating that process is still valid!

I’ve read/followed about 5 guides to doing this now (including that one early on!), so am not sure what script came from where. Nothing has worked yet, although I had a variety of earlier errors that I might have shot myself in the foot with…

I also tried the only GitHub workflow that comes up if searching for “Hugo”:

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OK, I’ve gone to just your suggested workflow & I still get the same error.

I’ve gone back to the default for resouceDir - renaming mine as resources2.

Oh, now I’ve a new error: postCss is installed & seems to work locally, but apparently isn’t installed in my remote environment. I’ll look into that next…

THANKS jm!

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You need to include package-lock.json in source control in order for npm ci to install the dependencies.

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OMG! Dancing with joy over here on the left side of the US. So many thanks Joe. On a Saturday none-the-less.

I did have to revert to the default publishDir, but that was an artifact of some bad idea I had anyway.

Much appreciated! :partying_face: