october:up does not run if all cache directories are not present.

[bugzbrown]

• OctoberCMS Build: 447
• PHP Version: 7.3.1
• Database Engine: Mysql 5.7.24
• Plugins Installed: -

Description:

When deploying an OctoberCMS to production I ignore the cache directories to avoid committing garbage to my GIT repository.
If the cms folders are not present when running a:

php artisan october:up

The application will crash stating that "cms/cache" directory does not exist.
The same applies to all directories in the CMS directory.

Steps To Reproduce:

1 - Create a base project with OctoberCMS
2 - Setup your .gitignore file to ignore the "storage/cms" folder
3 - commit your app and push it to your repository
4 - create a new clone based on your repository
5 - run php artisan october:up

[LukeTowers]

Don't gitignore it, the folder already gitignores all of it's contents: https://github.com/captive/captive-cornerstone.captivexm.com/blob/master/storage/cms/cache/.gitignore.

[bugzbrown]

Hi Luke thanks for the quick reply. When using the installer (as recommended by the site), the folders do not contain .gitignore files in them.
I'll double check again tomorrow with a clean install to be absolutely sure, but folders like storage/cms/cache and storage/cms/combiner don't come with these files. It might be a problem with the installer then.
I'll check back here tomorrow.

[LukeTowers]

@bugzbrown typically the installer is not recommended for technical users that will be using tools like Git or Composer. I recommend you take a look at my gist (https://gist.github.com/LukeTowers/9100845ba50bd53d957da822d06f3b56#file-setupproject-sh) for how I typically setup my own OctoberCMS-based projects

[bugzbrown]

@LukeTowers Great!! I must have gotten the wrong impression about the installer as I felt it was the recommended way to get up and running with October - I had a look at your gist think it's a great starting point for my projects. Thanks for the help & all your hard work!

[mostmojo]

In order to ignore /storage/cms/combiner do you simply add: /storage/cms/combinerto git ignore? I am also getting an error in my production site -- I assume this is something to do with caching? Thanks in advance!

[LukeTowers]

@mostmojo no, you want the directory present but its contents ignored, so you add storage/cms/combiner/.gitignore to your repo with these contents: https://github.com/octobercms/october/blob/develop/storage/cms/combiner/.gitignore

[mostmojo]

@mostmojo no, you want the directory present but its contents ignored, so you add storage/cms/combiner/.gitignore to your repo with these contents: https://github.com/octobercms/october/blob/develop/storage/cms/combiner/.gitignore

Many thanks for the swift reply Luke. If I've understood correctly, then it should look something like the picture attached above.

[LukeTowers]

That's correct @mostmojo