Electron-forge: Could not find a publish target with the name: @electron-forge/publisher-github

[chrubb]

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Issue Details

• Electron Forge Version:
  
  
  
  • 6.0.0-beta.53
  
  
• Electron Version:
  
  
  
  • 10.1.1
  
  
• Operating System:
  
  
  
  • Win10 2004 1904
  
  
• Last Known Working Electron Forge version::
  
  
  
  • na
    
    

    Expected Behavior

  
  

expect to be able to publish to github

Actual Behavior

publish fails with 'Could not find a publish target with the name: @electron-forge/publisher-github'

To Reproduce

follow steps in https://www.electronforge.io/getting started
add publisher to forge config as per https://www.electronforge.io/publishers/github
yarn run publish

Additional Information

i have checked global installs to ensure i am not running mixed versions of electron electron-forge etc.

so here is package config

"config": {
"forge": {
"packagerConfig": {},
"makers": [
{
"name": "@electron-forge/maker-squirrel",
"config": {
"name": "my_app"
}
},
{
"name": "@electron-forge/maker-zip",
"platforms": [
"darwin"
]
},
{
"name": "@electron-forge/maker-deb",
"config": {}
},
{
"name": "@electron-forge/maker-rpm",
"config": {}
}
],
"publishers": [
{
"name": "@electron-forge/publisher-github",
"config": {
"repository": {
"owner": "chrubb",
"name": "------"
},
"authToken": "--------------------------------------------",
"prerelease": "true"
}
}
]
}
},
"dependencies": {
"electron-squirrel-startup": "^1.0.0"
},
"devDependencies": {
"@electron-forge/cli": "6.0.0-beta.53",
"@electron-forge/maker-deb": "6.0.0-beta.53",
"@electron-forge/maker-rpm": "6.0.0-beta.53",
"@electron-forge/maker-squirrel": "6.0.0-beta.53",
"@electron-forge/maker-zip": "6.0.0-beta.53",
"@electron-forge/publisher-github": "^6.0.0-beta.53",
"electron": "10.1.1"
}

here is debug output

PS D:\GitHub\Repos\my-app> yarn run publish
yarn run v1.22.4
$ electron-forge publish
WARNING: DEBUG environment variable detected. Progress indicators will be sent over electron-forge:lifecycle
electron-forge:async-ora Process Started: Checking your system +0ms
electron-forge:check-system checking system, create ~/.skip-forge-system-check to stop doing this +0ms
electron-forge:async-ora Process Succeeded: Checking your system -- after 276ms +276ms
WARNING: DEBUG environment variable detected. Progress indicators will be sent over electron-forge:lifecycle
electron-forge:publish triggering make +0ms
electron-forge:async-ora Process Started: Resolving Forge Config +0ms
electron-forge:project-resolver searching for project in: D:\GitHub\Repos\my-app +0ms
electron-forge:project-resolver electron-forge compatible package.json found in D:\GitHub\Repos\my-app\package.json +26ms
electron-forge:async-ora Process Succeeded: Resolving Forge Config -- after 57ms +57ms
electron-forge:require-search searching [
'@electron-forge/maker-squirrel',
'D:\GitHub\Repos\my-app\@electron-forge\maker-squirrel',
'D:\GitHub\Repos\my-app\node_modules\@electron-forge\maker-squirrel'
] relative to D:\GitHub\Repos\my-app +0ms
electron-forge:require-search testing @electron-forge/maker-squirrel +86ms
electron-forge:require-search searching [
'@electron-forge/maker-zip',
'D:\GitHub\Repos\my-app\@electron-forge\maker-zip',
'D:\GitHub\Repos\my-app\node_modules\@electron-forge\maker-zip'
] relative to D:\GitHub\Repos\my-app +174ms
electron-forge:require-search testing @electron-forge/maker-zip +1ms
electron-forge:require-search searching [
'@electron-forge/maker-deb',
'D:\GitHub\Repos\my-app\@electron-forge\maker-deb',
'D:\GitHub\Repos\my-app\node_modules\@electron-forge\maker-deb'
] relative to D:\GitHub\Repos\my-app +3ms
electron-forge:require-search testing @electron-forge/maker-deb +1ms
electron-forge:require-search searching [
'@electron-forge/maker-rpm',
'D:\GitHub\Repos\my-app\@electron-forge\maker-rpm',
'D:\GitHub\Repos\my-app\node_modules\@electron-forge\maker-rpm'
] relative to D:\GitHub\Repos\my-app +3ms
electron-forge:require-search testing @electron-forge/maker-rpm +26ms
We need to package your application before we can make it
electron-forge:async-ora Process Started: Preparing to Package Application for arch: x64 +300ms
electron-forge:project-resolver searching for project in: D:\GitHub\Repos\my-app +332ms
electron-forge:project-resolver electron-forge compatible package.json found in D:\GitHub\Repos\my-app\package.json +1ms
electron-forge:packager packaging with options {
asar: false,
overwrite: true,
dir: 'D:\GitHub\Repos\my-app',
arch: 'x64',
platform: 'win32',
afterCopy: [ [AsyncFunction] ],
afterExtract: [ [AsyncFunction] ],
afterPrune: [ [AsyncFunction] ],
out: 'D:\GitHub\Repos\my-app\out',
electronVersion: '10.1.1',
quiet: true
} +0ms
electron-forge:async-ora Process Succeeded: Preparing to Package Application for arch: x64 -- after 3s +3s
electron-forge:async-ora Process Started: Preparing native dependencies +2ms
electron-forge:async-ora Process Succeeded: Preparing native dependencies -- after 55ms +55ms
electron-forge:async-ora Process Started: Packaging Application +1ms
electron-forge:async-ora Process Succeeded: Packaging Application -- after 1.9s +2s
Making for the following targets: squirrel
electron-forge:async-ora Process Started: Making for target: squirrel - On platform: win32 - For arch: x64 +2ms
electron-forge:async-ora Process Succeeded: Making for target: squirrel - On platform: win32 - For arch: x64 -- after 41.9s +42s
electron-forge:project-resolver searching for project in: D:\GitHub\Repos\my-app +47s
electron-forge:project-resolver electron-forge compatible package.json found in D:\GitHub\Repos\my-app\package.json +1ms
electron-forge:async-ora Process Started: Resolving publish target: @electron-forge/publisher-github +3ms
electron-forge:require-search searching [
'@electron-forge/publisher-github',
'D:\GitHub\Repos\my-app\@electron-forge\publisher-github',
'D:\GitHub\Repos\my-app\node_modules\@electron-forge\publisher-github'
] relative to D:\GitHub\Repos\my-app +47s
electron-forge:require-search testing @electron-forge/publisher-github +3ms
electron-forge:require-search testing D:\GitHub\Repos\my-app\@electron-forge\publisher-github +49ms
electron-forge:require-search testing D:\GitHub\Repos\my-appnode_modules\@electron-forge\publisher-github +1ms
electron-forge:require-search failed to find a module in [
'@electron-forge/publisher-github',
'D:\GitHub\Repos\my-app\@electron-forge\publisher-github',
'D:\GitHub\Repos\my-app\node_modules\@electron-forge\publisher-github'
] +2ms
electron-forge:async-ora Process Failed: Resolving publish target: @electron-forge/publisher-github -- after 83ms +84ms

An unhandled error has occurred inside Forge:
Could not find a publish target with the name: @electron-forge/publisher-github. Make sure it's listed in the devDependencies of your package.json
Error: Could not find a publish target with the name: @electron-forge/publisher-github. Make sure it's listed in the devDependencies of your package.json
at asyncFn (D:\GitHub\Repos\my-appnode_modules\@electron-forge\core\src\api\publish.ts:170:17)
at D:\GitHub\Repos\my-appnode_modules\@electron-forge\async-ora\src\ora-handler.ts:35:5
at new Promise ()
at asyncOra (D:\GitHub\Repos\my-appnode_modules\@electron-forge\async-ora\src\ora-handler.ts:34:10)
at publish (D:\GitHub\Repos\my-appnode_modules\@electron-forge\core\src\api\publish.ts:167:13)
at D:\GitHub\Repos\my-appnode_modules\@electron-forge\cli\src\electron-forge-publish.ts:36:3
error Command failed with exit code 1.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.

and yes, publisher-github is installed...

PS D:\GitHub\Repos\my-app> yarn list @electron-forge/publisher-github
yarn list v1.22.4
warning Filtering by arguments is deprecated. Please use the pattern option instead.
└─ @electron-forge/[email protected]
Done in 0.37s.
PS D:\GitHub\Repos\my-app>

[tagus]

I just ran into the same issue however temporarily reverting back to @electron-forge/[email protected] seems to be working.

[chrubb]

interesting. I tried rolling back to beta.52 but it didnt make any difference. I have worked back through the releases from .50 to .53 and cannot see any reason for this - admittedly it was a pretty cursory look... Hopefully someone with a bit more in depth knowledge will be able to find something or at least point me in the right direction. In the meantime its back to manual publishing for a while i guess.

[malept]

Fixed in #1962.

[jamland]

Experiencing the same issue with 6.0.0-beta.53, tried also 6.0.0-beta.50 and 6.0.0-beta.52 with the same result (packages set in devDependencies).
Also, I was trying to recreate electron-forge project from scratch with the same result 🙁

@malept
Wondering, if this is fixed, should I do something additional to apply this fix or it will be shipped in the next release?

LOG:

... after notarizing the app successfully
...
Error: Could not find a publish target with the name: @electron-forge/publisher-github. Make sure it's listed in the devDependencies of your package.json
    at asyncFn (_my_project_/node_modules/@electron-forge/core/src/api/publish.ts:170:17)
    at _my_project_/node_modules/@electron-forge/async-ora/src/ora-handler.ts:35:5
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at asyncOra (_my_project_/node_modules/@electron-forge/async-ora/src/ora-handler.ts:34:10)
    at publish (_my_project_/node_modules/@electron-forge/core/src/api/publish.ts:167:13)
    at _my_project_/node_modules/@electron-forge/cli/src/electron-forge-publish.ts:36:3

[jamland]

I figured out how to fix it for my case. I had caret (^) in the package name.

"@electron-forge/publisher-github": "^6.0.0-beta.52"

So in a result npm was installing 6.0.0-beta.53 version anyway. It works well without caret (^)