Not Able to add any GIT collections

[chleidersdorff]

I am unable to add any of the GIT repository collections, they all fail.

[havatv]

Thank you for reporting, @chleidersdorff! Much appreciated.

There could be a problem with the metadata.ini file in a repository, but aborting seems like a bit of an overreaction. I will try to fix that.

Which version of the plugin are you using?

Could you try to remove all the Resource Sharing plugin stuff and install the latest version?
That means removing the resource_sharing folder from you QGIS user folder (...QGIS/QGIS3/profiles/default/resource_sharing/) and the (old) "Resource Sharing" folder under ~/QGIS/.

I have never experienced this with any versions of the plugin on Ubuntu 18.04 (the same with Windows 10, but I have not tested much on that platform).

[chleidersdorff]

@havatv i am using version 0.11.1 installed through QGIS 10.12 plugins manager. I have tried completely removing the plugin and any other folder that says "Resource Sharing" but i still get the same errors.

here is a link i am trying to add: https://github.com/alinager/qgis-styles.git

[havatv]

Thanks again, @chleidersdorff!

The repository (Alina's Repository) that you try to load is listed in the official QGIS resources directory and should be loaded automatically by the plugin. The repository loads fine here, and I can install its collections (Animal silhouettes and Animal tracks and signs).

The error message (that comes from the Python configparser) is unexpected, since the metadata.ini file (https://github.com/alinager/qgis-styles/blob/master/metadata.ini) looks fine.
So I guess that for some reason the plugin is not able to fetch the metadata.ini file of the repository.

Could the reason be network trouble?
Can you open the URL (https://github.com/alinager/qgis-styles/blob/master/metadata.ini)?
Are you behind a proxy?
Anything else that might be causing this?

You could try the master branch that now includes a recent dulwich version - see #40 for details on how to install (dulwich is used for fetching git repositories).

[chleidersdorff]

Hi @havatv

I am on a corporate network, so a proxy could be used, not sure. I am however able to access the ini file you mentioned and if i add the Atilio's Repository it works fine.

[havatv]

Thanks for your patience, @chleidersdorff!

A difference between the two repositories is that Atilio's Repository is "pure" HTTP, while Alina's Repository is github (and HTTPS).
Did you test the master branch of the plugin (it contains an update of the software that is used for accessing GitHub repositories)?

Is this your workflow?

1. Remove all traces of the plugin (<QGIS user path>/resource_sharing + <home>/QGIS/Resource Sharing)
2. Get the master branch of the plugin (https://github.com/QGIS-Contribution/QGIS-ResourceSharing/archive/master.zip)
3. Unzip it in the plugins folder
4. (Re)start QGIS.
5. Run the Resource Sharing plugin
6. Go to the Settings tab and push the Reload Repositories button

[havatv]

@chleidersdorff, version 0.12.0 of the plugin is now out. It has a more recent Dulwich version and also some other fixes that might be relevant to this issue.
Could you try with the new version?
Also, are you sure that you specified https, and not http for the link to Alina's Repository? Using http instead of https for github repositories is known to cause problems.

[havatv]

Hi again, @chleidersdorff.

I am not sure what the problem can be. Could you try the following:

1. Uninstall the plugin.
2. Go to your QGIS user directory (~/.local/share/QGIS/QGIS3/profiles/default on Linux, C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\QGIS\QGIS3\profiles\default on Windows) and remove the resource_sharing directory (that contains all repositories and collections).
3. Install the latest version of the plugin
4. Start the plugin
5. Go to Settings and press the Reload Repositories button
6. Go to All collections - hopefully you will now see a lot of collections (similar to the screenshot in http://qgis-contribution.github.io/QGIS-ResourceSharing/)
7. Try to Install the Animal silhouettes (Alina's Repository) collection

[havatv]

I am a little confused by the fact that the officially approved QGIS repositories are missing in the Collection Repositories list in the Settings tab. After pressing Reload repositories there should be a list of approved QGIS resource sharing repositories, as in http://qgis-contribution.github.io/QGIS-ResourceSharing/user/adding-repository.html
Have you tried Reload repositories? If you have - what was the effect?

[havatv]

Since I can't replicate this issue, I close it. Please re-open with more information if the issue persists.