"Couldn't start Bamboo Specs scanning" error in the UI after enabling repository Stored Specs
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Summary
The user gets the following error when enabling repository-stored Specs and clicking on Scan button:
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Couldn't start Bamboo Specs scanning
We couldn't connect to the repository. Please check its configuration.Diagnosis
We can see the following message in the atlassian-bamboo.log file:
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INFO [RssDetectionRunnable] Exception while executing RSS detection for repository
java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: JGit implementation does not support this operation, please use native Git
at com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.git.JGitOperationHelper.obtainLatestRevision(JGitOperationHelper.java:797)Cause
This happens if Bamboo server does not have native Git installed on it.
Solution
Install a Git binary on the Bamboo server. See Git - Installing Git for more information;
Define Git as a Server Capability at Bamboo Administration > Overview > Server Capabilities page
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