New issue results in 500

Summary

When clicking the 'New issue' button on the issues page, I get a 500 error.

Steps to reproduce

Go to a repository with content click on one of the issues click on the new issue button

Expected behavior

The UI to allow me to create new issue

Observed Behavior

receive 500 http error

Relevant logs and/or screenshots

Processing by Projects::IssuesController#new as HTML
Parameters: {"issue"=>{"assignee_id"=>"", "milestone_id"=>""}, "project_id"=>"webmap/webmap"}
Rendered projects/issues/_form.html.haml (4.0ms)
Rendered projects/issues/new.html.haml within layouts/projects (4.5ms)
Completed 500 Internal Server Error in 43ms
ActionView::Template::Error (undefined method `sha' for nil:NilClass):

Output of checks

gitlab:check

Checking Environment ...

Git configured for git user? ... yes

Checking Environment ... Finished

Checking GitLab Shell ...

GitLab Shell version >= 1.9.1 ? ... OK (1.9.1)
Repo base directory exists? ... yes
Repo base directory is a symlink? ... no
Repo base owned by git:git? ... yes
Repo base access is drwxrws---? ... yes
update hook up-to-date? ... yes
update hooks in repos are links: ...
Michal Schneider / UPD ... ok
WebMap / AJAX klient ... ok
Nette / Remote logger ... ok
HvMap / AJAX druhe generace ... ok
WebMap / WebMap ... repository is empty
Michal Schneider / PDU ... ok
Michal Schneider / HV-Finder ... ok
Nette / Menu ... ok
Oracle / ZPV ... repository is empty
GeoServer / konfigurace ... repository is empty
Tomáš Herza / Hydrologicke site ... ok
Nette / XML2JSON-Proxy ... ok
Michal Schneider / AtlasZP ... ok
Michal Schneider / Test ... repository is empty
Michal Schneider / Git skoleni ... repository is empty
Josef Beneš / DMG UAP ... repository is empty
Michal Schneider / WebHydrosoft ... ok
HvMap / Libraries ... ok
HvMap / Framework ... ok
HvMap / WebLoader ... ok
Nette / Translator ... ok
Tomáš Herza / CDSApp ... ok
Nette / Composer ... ok
JavaScript / jQWidgets ... ok
GDAL / PHP GDAL ... ok
Michal Schneider / DMVS ... ok
Nette / Mailer ... ok
Nette / Tree ... repository is empty
Hydrosoft / Components ... ok
WebMap / REST ... ok
GDAL / Converter ... ok
Hydrosoft / OGR ... ok
Hydrosoft / OGR Tools ... ok
Running /home/git/gitlab-shell/bin/check
Check GitLab API access: OK
Check directories and files:
    /home/git/repositories: OK
    /home/git/.ssh/authorized_keys: OK
Test redis-cli executable: redis-cli 2.4.15
Send ping to redis server: PONG
gitlab-shell self-check successful

Checking GitLab Shell ... Finished

Checking Sidekiq ...

Running? ... yes
Number of Sidekiq processes ... 1

Checking Sidekiq ... Finished

Checking LDAP ...

LDAP is disabled in config/gitlab.yml

Checking LDAP ... Finished

Checking GitLab ...

Database config exists? ... yes
Database is SQLite ... no
All migrations up? ... yes
Database contains orphaned UsersGroups? ... no
GitLab config exists? ... yes
GitLab config outdated? ... no
Log directory writable? ... yes
Tmp directory writable? ... yes
Init script exists? ... yes
Init script up-to-date? ... yes
projects have namespace: ...
Michal Schneider / UPD ... yes
WebMap / AJAX klient ... yes
Nette / Remote logger ... yes
HvMap / AJAX druhe generace ... yes
WebMap / WebMap ... yes
Michal Schneider / PDU ... yes
Michal Schneider / HV-Finder ... yes
Nette / Menu ... yes
Oracle / ZPV ... yes
GeoServer / konfigurace ... yes
Tomáš Herza / Hydrologicke site ... yes
Nette / XML2JSON-Proxy ... yes
Michal Schneider / AtlasZP ... yes
Michal Schneider / Test ... yes
Michal Schneider / Git skoleni ... yes
Josef Beneš / DMG UAP ... yes
Michal Schneider / WebHydrosoft ... yes
HvMap / Libraries ... yes
HvMap / Framework ... yes
HvMap / WebLoader ... yes
Nette / Translator ... yes
Tomáš Herza / CDSApp ... yes
Nette / Composer ... yes
JavaScript / jQWidgets ... yes
GDAL / PHP GDAL ... yes
Michal Schneider / DMVS ... yes
Nette / Mailer ... yes
Nette / Tree ... yes
Hydrosoft / Components ... yes
WebMap / REST ... yes
GDAL / Converter ... yes
Hydrosoft / OGR ... yes
Hydrosoft / OGR Tools ... yes
Projects have satellites? ...
Michal Schneider / UPD ... yes
WebMap / AJAX klient ... yes
Nette / Remote logger ... yes
HvMap / AJAX druhe generace ... yes
WebMap / WebMap ... yes
Michal Schneider / PDU ... yes
Michal Schneider / HV-Finder ... yes
Nette / Menu ... yes
Oracle / ZPV ... yes
GeoServer / konfigurace ... yes
Tomáš Herza / Hydrologicke site ... yes
Nette / XML2JSON-Proxy ... yes
Michal Schneider / AtlasZP ... yes
Michal Schneider / Test ... yes
Michal Schneider / Git skoleni ... yes
Josef Beneš / DMG UAP ... yes
Michal Schneider / WebHydrosoft ... yes
HvMap / Libraries ... yes
HvMap / Framework ... yes
HvMap / WebLoader ... yes
Nette / Translator ... yes
Tomáš Herza / CDSApp ... yes
Nette / Composer ... yes
JavaScript / jQWidgets ... yes
GDAL / PHP GDAL ... yes
Michal Schneider / DMVS ... yes
Nette / Mailer ... yes
Nette / Tree ... yes
Hydrosoft / Components ... yes
WebMap / REST ... yes
GDAL / Converter ... yes
Hydrosoft / OGR ... yes
Hydrosoft / OGR Tools ... yes
Redis version >= 2.0.0? ... yes
Your git bin path is "/usr/bin/git"
Git version >= 1.7.10 ? ... yes (1.7.10)

Checking GitLab ... Finished

gitlab:env:info

System information
System:        Ubuntu 12.10
Current User:    git
Using RVM:    no
Ruby Version:    1.9.3p194
Gem Version:    1.8.23
Bundler Version:1.5.3
Rake Version:    10.1.1

GitLab information
Version:    6.7.2
Revision:    dbbf4ea
Directory:    /home/git/gitlab
DB Adapter:    mysql2
URL:        xxx
HTTP Clone URL:    xxx
SSH Clone URL:    xxx
Using LDAP:    no
Using Omniauth:    no

GitLab Shell
Version:    1.9.1
Repositories:    /home/git/repositories/
Hooks:        /home/git/gitlab-shell/hooks/
Git:        /usr/bin/git

Thanks a lot!

I have the exact same problem, however I have noticed that this only occurs when I add an issue to a project before committing and pushing. I'm not a rubyist, nor am I familiar with the GitLab codebase, but based on the line in my logs that says ActionView::Template::Error (undefined method `sha' for nil:NilClass): I would guess that the problem is the new issue page tries to get the hash of the latest commit, but if there aren't any commits, it just fails. I think in Ruby there should be something like .nil? which could test to see if the last commit was nil:NilClass before trying to get a property from it like sha, and that should fix this issue.

mentioned in issue #151 (closed)

I am also facing the same issue.

still have same problem (it's almost one month yet), it's critical :(

This is due to creating issues before the repo exists, we're working on a fix for 6.8.

Thanks @sytses I will attempt to create a basic repo. We've been using gitlab's issue tracking system for project management. It seems to accomplish exactly the goals I want out of a project tracker so we're kind of abusing its functions for this.

Also having this problem with repos without commits.

Fixed on master. Will be shipped with GitLab 6.8

Status changed to closed

Thanks a lot!

Thanks!

Fixed with e617cf95

mentioned in commit 6c9ae03b

Mentioned in commit 6c9ae03b

mentioned in merge request !14785