I guess you downloaded the the source from GitHub here:
* https://github.com/apache/geode/releases/tag/rel%2Fv1.15.1
That is missing the *.buildinfo* file (in the root directory, not in the
build directory) which is a generated file. If you download the source
release from the link below it does include that file:
* https://geode.apache.org/releases/
However that is missing the windows *gradlew.bat* file and also the
*gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar*, so you will need to add those.
The simplest solution is to add the *.buildinfo* file in the root directory
with the following entries (from 1.15.1 release):
Source-Date=2022-10-10 08\:14\:54 +0100
Source-Revision=018f2b4a8531939ad7500130bb37d6bae73455cf
Source-Repository=develop
Otherwise you could checkout the source from GitHub
Niall
On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 4:03 PM William Hodges via user <
user@geode.apache.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
>
> I’m trying to get the Geode source into my Eclipse environment by building
> it using Gradle. I downloaded the source files from Github and then ran
> “gradlew.bat build” from Geode’s root directory. I get the following error:
>
>
>
> Build file 'C:\workspaces\geode1.15.0\geode-rel-v1.15.0\build.gradle'
> line: 104
>
>
>
> * What went wrong:
>
> A problem occurred evaluating project ':geode-core'.
>
> > Could not create task ':geode-core:createVersionPropertiesFile'.
>
> > Could not create task ':writeBuildInfo'.
>
> > Cannot get SCM information when neither git nor source
> distribution is available
>
>
>
> After looking at the build.gradle file, it appears to me that the reason
> for the error is that it looks for the “build/.buildinfo file but the
> “build” directory doesn’t exist. What am I doing wrong?
>
>
>
> *William Hodges*
>
