Hugo server error related to hugo modules and local cache

[fhsheridan]

Thanks in advance for the help.

I have been using Hugo Modules instead of Git submodules on two new local repositories and everything has been great the last few days. No problem. But today …

When I run Hugo Server on my local repositories that used Hugo Modules, I get the following error:

go: github.com/jpanther/congo/v2@v2.6.1: reading github.com/jpanther/congo/go.mod at revision v2.6.1: git ls-remote -q origin in /var/folders/v9/1d78tzlj70jgt2vnxfb4xl8m0000gp/T/hugo_cache_hsheridanstandard/modules/filecache/modules/pkg/mod/cache/vcs/066af87f3ece5bb7d6b6b53ce98f8b34566e9be8285986a3e33bbfe82661fac4: exit status 128:
	fatal: 'origin' does not appear to be a git repository
	fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
	
	Please make sure you have the correct access rights
	and the repository exists.

When I run Hugo mod init I get the same error message.

When I run hugo mod clean --all same error message.

When I run hugo config | grep cachedir same error message.

hugo env command shows:

hugo v0.114.0+extended darwin/amd64 BuildDate=unknown
GOOS="darwin"
GOARCH="amd64"
GOVERSION="go1.20.5"
github.com/sass/libsass="3.6.5"
github.com/webmproject/libwebp="v1.2.4"

It looks like a permissions issue and I have half a mind to try the hugo commands after switching over to sudo for my admin account on the machine. But, what is confusing about that is that I did not need admin rights the first time around to run mod init.

More likely, I suspect that Mac OS has cleaned the cache where the module was … and I thought that re-running hugo mod init would restore the cache but apparently I am incorrect

I have a private Github repository, but if it helps, I can invite anyone as a collaborator.

Obviously, the above issue is local on my machine.

hugo server fails for the two repositories where I used Hugo Modules.

for the local repositories where I used git submodules, hugo server works just fine.

I appear to be having the same issue as this post below but I am not using micromodal and removing Congo from the repository would not be a good idea:

Hugo module cache issue?

Hi there, Is anyone else facing issues related to the Hugo module cache? I am only using 2 hugo modules. # config.yaml file module: imports: - path: github.com/refactoringui/heroicons mounts: - source: src target: assets/svg/heroicons - path: github.com/ghosh/micromodal mounts: - source: lib/src target: assets/micromodal The errors I receive when using hugo or hugo server commands are piti@Pitis-iMac testproject % hugo server go: git…

Thanks in advance for the help.

[jmooring]

@fhsheridan

everything has been great the last few days

So, if this suddenly stopped working, I am suspicious of the volatile cache location.

Set the HUGO_CACHEDIR to something outside of /tmp and try again.

[fhsheridan]

hello and thank you so much for the help.

I think you are exactly correct and I am trying to sort out the HUGO_CACHEDIR command

I was reading the below article but I don’t understand it. Can you point me in the direction of a resource with more info on this command, it’s flags, and where I should place the cache location on a mac? If not, no problem, I will see if I can start to understand the below post.

How do I set module cache directory to `~/.local/share/hugo` globally?

Downloading Hugo modules over and over again (after reboots) is something I want to avoid. I can see that there is a config variable for changing the Hugo module cache, but I don’t know how to set this globally.

placing the cache in the usr/local/share directory makes sense to me. But, when I run HUGO_CACHEDIR at the command line i get an error saying command not found. thanks

[jmooring]

HUGO_CACHEDIR is an environment variable, not a command.

https://www.google.com/search?q=macos+environment+variable

[fhsheridan]

Bingo. About that the time you made that post it dawned on me it was an environment variable and not a command. My apologies for the imposition and temp brain freeze :-).

Now i understand that article also :-).

Thanks.

[fhsheridan]

Thank you @jmooring for your help. Greatly appreciated.

For future readers, here is what resolved the issue. I am running 11.7.8 macOS Big Sur. All of the below from the terminal command line.

1. nano ~/.zshenv
   opens or creates the above file in a command line editor
2. export HUGO_CACHEDIR=$HOME/.local/share/hugo
   add this line to the file
3. ctrl o and enter
   save the file
4. ctrl x
   exit the file and nano editor
5. logout of terminal and log back in
6. echo $HUGO_CACHEDIR
   confirm the env variable has been properly set
7. cd to your Hugo repository
8. hugo server
   it downloaded the modules and I wept

FWIW, i tried in the beginning to change the HUGO_CACHEDIR env variable from the command line on a temp basis (have to edit the file for a permanent change), but no joy as I kept hitting “not found” issues when setting the above path, and switching to su admin user brought no joy. So I was pleasantly surprised when making the permanent change in the zshenv file worked.

Peace and good luck

[jmooring]

Nicely done, and thanks for details.