How does the <Pulumi GitHub App> communicate with ...
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adorable-gpu-98268
03/14/2022, 11:01 AMHow does the Pulumi GitHub App communicate with pulumi? I am using GitHub Actions, however I am running pulumi inside docker containers to have a reproducible build environmen.
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quiet-wolf-18467
03/14/2022, 1:16 PM
When you install the application to your repository, GitHub gives it permission to comment on your pull requests. As long as you're using Pulumi SaaS backend for state, it will integrate just fine, even if you're running Pulumi in a container
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adorable-gpu-98268
03/14/2022, 1:29 PMThanks, then how would I go about debugging it?
• I’m using the pulumi saas backend (though it’s an individual account)
• I have installed the GitHub app on an GitHub organization
• I’m not getting the comment
adorable-gpu-98268
03/14/2022, 1:31 PM• I’m running pulumi in a container
• It doesn’t have full access to the repository(and
.gitadorable-gpu-98268
03/14/2022, 1:32 PMAlthough the pulumi saas backend has the right metadata about the repository
adorable-gpu-98268
03/14/2022, 1:34 PMDoes it only work with organisation acounts?
adorable-gpu-98268
03/14/2022, 1:36 PMI’d be fine to switch to that if that’s required
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quiet-wolf-18467
03/14/2022, 1:47 PM
Hmm. I'm unsure. Let me test this out on one of my own repos and I'll get back to you 🙂
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adorable-gpu-98268
03/14/2022, 2:25 PMOkay, thanks
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miniature-musician-31262
03/14/2022, 2:50 PMThis thread may help — in short, there does need to be a .git folder available: https://pulumi-community.slack.com/archives/C01PF3E1B8V/p1643731985904229
miniature-musician-31262
03/14/2022, 2:51 PMPulumi looks for adirectory relative to the location where it’s run. So for example, if your GitHub project had an.gitdirectory containing your Pulumi program, and you raninfrafrom within that directory, it’d walk up until it found the firstpulumi previewdirectory and inspect that to get the commit info..git
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adorable-gpu-98268
03/14/2022, 2:55 PMOh okay, that’s unfortunate. Is there a way to just set some environment variables to pass this info?
adorable-gpu-98268
03/14/2022, 2:58 PMI don’t want to make the git folder available, as my build system restricts the available source, etc. to enable reproducible builds & caching
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miniature-musician-31262
03/14/2022, 3:09 PMI don't believe so, but I'll check and report back.
miniature-musician-31262
03/14/2022, 5:45 PMSo just to circle back on this, it looks like we do rely on the
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adorable-gpu-98268
03/14/2022, 6:33 PMHere you go: https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/issues/9194
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