Folders missing from git archive

Nick Collins_0p4i1g

I have the following pipeline script for my express and react application:

image: node:10.15.3
pipelines:

  default:
    - step:
        name: Installing API server dependencies
        script:
          - npm install
    - step:
        name: Install client dependencies & build
        script:
          - cd client
          - npm install
          - npm run build
    - step:
        name: Create artifact
        script:
          - git archive --format=tar.gz master -o application.tar.gz
        artifacts:
          - application.tar.gz
    - step:
        name: Deploy to test
        deployment: test
        script:
          - pipe: atlassian/heroku-deploy:0.1.1
            variables:
              HEROKU_API_KEY: $HEROKU_API_KEY
              HEROKU_APP_NAME: $HEROKU_APP_NAME
              ZIP_FILE: application.tar.gz

However, when the ZIP file application.tar.gz is passed to Heroku, the deployment is successful but the build folder is missing from it when I list the contents. It's almost like the step: Install client dependencies & build has had no effect, but it does run and the logs show everything I would expect to create a production build of the react app.

ktomk

Technically the folder isn't missing as git-archive does only contain files (objects) from the repository - not the working tree.

What you could do is create the archive first, then append the build directory to it and finally compress it:

git archive --format=tar master -o application.tar
tar --append --file=application.tar build
gzip application.tar