Platformio-atom-ide: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'startsWith' of undefined

[stelgenhof]

Opened Atom again today and received below error report. Apparently it is related to the new Atom 1.10.2 version. Upgraded all packages (PlatformIO and Atom), but no luck and error keeps on coming.

Atom Version: 1.10.2
Electron Version: 0.37.8
System: Mac OS X 10.11.6
Thrown From: platformio-ide package, v1.6.0

Stack Trace

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'startsWith' of undefined

At /Users/sachatelgenhofoudekoehorst/.atom/packages/platformio-ide/lib/build-provider.js:107

TypeError: Cannot read property 'startsWith' of undefined
    at /Users/sachatelgenhofoudekoehorst/.atom/packages/platformio-ide/lib/build-provider.js:107:25
    at FSReqWrap.readFileAfterClose [as oncomplete] (fs.js:404:3)

Commands

Config

{
  "core": {
    "ignoredNames": [
      ".git",
      ".hg",
      ".svn",
      ".DS_Store",
      "._*",
      "Thumbs.db",
      ".pioenvs",
      ".piolibdeps",
      ".clang_complete",
      ".gcc-flags.json"
    ]
  },
  "platformio-ide": {
    "showHomeScreen": false,
    "showPlatformIOFiles": true
  }
}

Installed Packages

# User
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build, v0.65.0 (active)
busy, v0.7.0 (active)
language-ini, v1.16.0 (active)
linter, v1.11.16 (active)
linter-gcc, v0.6.15 (active)
platformio-ide, v1.6.0 (active)
platformio-ide-terminal, v2.2.0 (active)
tool-bar, v1.0.1 (active)
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snippets, v1.0.2 (active)
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# Dev
No dev packages

[ivankravets]

Hmm... Could you close IDE and rm -rf ~/.atom/packages/platformio-ide? Start IDE.

[stelgenhof]

I found out the culprit. It was the platformio.ini file of my project causing this issue. Once I reverted the changes made I had no issue. What exactly the issue was, I will try to find out :)

[ivankravets]

That is very interesting. Looks like broken INI file. Could you share it here?

[stelgenhof]

Sure! I figured it out: the error message appears when an env: section doesn't contain the platform setting.

Simple example (before), that works without any issue:

[env:nodemcuv2]
board = nodemcuv2
platform = espressif8266
framework = arduino

Example that generates the error:

[platformio]
env_default = nodemcuv2

[common]
platform = espressif8266
framework = arduino

[env:nodemcuv2]
include = common
board = nodemcuv2

I was trying to create separate environments for different platforms including a common setting. I guess platform is a required variable :)

[ivankravets]

What does mean "include = common"? Where did you find it?

See docs http://docs.platformio.org/en/stable/projectconf.html#dynamic-variables

[stelgenhof]

I found it here: https://bitbucket.org/xoseperez/rentalito-esp8266/src/d83d03e096e0cc18829163bacbb568ae94c5c4bc/code/platformio.ini?at=master&fileviewer=file-view-default

Just was trying things out :)

[ivankravets]

I got you. This author uses an own fork of PlatformIO with own modifications to it. Also, he has made a PR to our repository. See my comment here https://github.com/platformio/platformio/pull/790

[stelgenhof]

Ah I see. Sorry about the confusion. Thanks for closing the issue.

[ivankravets]

Please use official dynamic variables documented here http://docs.platformio.org/en/stable/projectconf.html#dynamic-variables

[joscha]

This can actually also happen with an incorrect config:

[env:sodaq_one]
platform = atmelsam
framework = arduino
board = sodaq_one

[env:dev]