Bitbucket Pipelines Self Hosted Mac Runner Not Seeing Alias in .bashrc

Question

Using Bitbucket pipelines with a self-hosted macos runner. I have a .bashrc file with

alias godot="/Applications/Godot.app/Contents/MacOS/Godot"

in it. However whenever that step runs I am getting an error that it can't find the godot command. If I source the bashrc  locally I can type "godot" in the command line and the program launches. However pushed commits that trigger the pipeline aren't able to find it.

Do I need to create a bashrc in the shared folder? Do I need to source it manually from within my yaml file?

Theodora Boudale · Answer

Hi Mehul,

After an investigation of this issue, we found out the following:

Aliases are not expanded when the shell is not interactive, unless the expand_aliases shell option is set using shopt (see The Shopt Builtin):

* https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Aliases.html

Bitbucket Pipeline runs the commands as a Shell script as opposed to the Interactive shell hence the expand_aliases option is not set by default.

Please check the following knowledge base article for a solution:

* https://confluence.atlassian.com/bbkb/aliases-not-working-in-the-pipeline-1306297556.html

If you are still experiencing issues, please create a new question in community via https://community.atlassian.com/t5/forums/postpage/board-id/bitbucket-questions and we will look into it.

Kind regards,
Theodora

Mehul Ahal · Answer

I have the same issue, but for Flutter. I use FVM, and in my ~/.aliases, I use define `flutter="fvm flutter"`. This works locally, even with the same bash env, reading it and working, but not from within the pipeline

Theodora Boudale · Answer

Hi Chad and welcome to the community!

I can reproduce this issue as well and sourcing the .bashrc file in the yml doesn't seem to work either.

I am going to create a support ticket on your behalf for further investigation. You will receive shortly an email with a link to the ticket.

Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions.

Kind regards,
Theodora