BuildTools stuck in downloading git portable for windows

[cunning sand]

For keep the "thread"

by the moment a "hotfix" its create the directory and download the file

[rustic basin]

He created the folder but didn't seem to download the exe file

[cunning sand]

https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/download/v2.45.2.windows.1/PortableGit-2.45.2-64-bit.7z.exe
and where you have the buildtools exe/jar create a directory named PortableGit-2.45.2-64-bit and put the content of the 7z.exe
in teory the folder structure is
PortableGit-2.45.2-64-bit -> PortableGit -> many files

[rustic basin]

i dwonload this but BuildTools cant download

[cunning sand]

yeah this is just for make BuildTools not try download the gitportable again

[cunning sand]

why the directory tells 2.30.0?
the last BuildTools try to use 2.45.2

and your first image tells the same

[rustic basin]

2.30 is BuildTools make dir

dont have exe

2.45 is i download on GitHub

File is Null

[cunning sand]

that not make sense.. the directory is based in the URL then its impossible try to make that.
remove the directory and run again to check if is created again

[rustic basin]

I tried what you said

cant

Still

[ocean cedar]

Wild guess ... you are from China?
Is there maybe a problem with actually reaching the download location through your network?

[cunning sand]

the strange is the download url working

[ocean cedar]

Is it tho?

I see a folder, but no content

[rustic basin]

I downloaded the BuildTools.jar in 1.19.2 and I can download the server core directly by using the command java (Linux) or double-clicking to open it (windows) Why is it a GUI now?

[rustic basin]

yes in null

[cunning sand]

i mean if you go to jenkins the download are two the exe or jar

https://hub.spigotmc.org/jenkins/job/BuildTools/
the JAR for the old way, the exe for the GUI the two are the same internally

[ocean cedar]

Lets try it step by step

[rustic basin]

down this？

[rustic basin]

The main thing is that I've been looking for a long time, and I haven't found the jar file that used to download the core directly, but I still have that file on the server, but that's 1.19.2, and my friend wants to play 1.20.4

[ocean cedar]

1. Download the build tools JAR:
   https://hub.spigotmc.org/jenkins/job/BuildTools/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/target/BuildTools.jar

2. Run the JAR file with command line:
   java -jar BuildTools.jar --rev 1.20.4

3. Wait for build / download

4. Show us the logs

[rustic basin]

The one I downloaded is the GUI with the GUI that runs the jar and the GUI that comes out

[rustic basin]

ok i try it

1 step

[ocean cedar]

Delete the old BuildTools.jar, BuildTools (1).jar and BuildTools (2).jar

And rename BuildTools (3).jar to BuildTools.jar

Less confusion

[rustic basin]

2 step

[ocean cedar]

Ok that works too

[rustic basin]

Looks like it's still going to get stuck

[ocean cedar]

Is it failing on that download?

[cunning sand]

not git directory created?

[rustic basin]

It's not that the download failed Yes, it's that there was no download

[ocean cedar]

Okay, now go to:
https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/download/v2.45.2.windows.1/PortableGit-2.45.2-64-bit.7z.exe

Can you download that?

[rustic basin]

have

[ocean cedar]

Okay, now place it into the Build folder

[rustic basin]

i can

[ocean cedar]

Place into the Folder with the same name

Then run BuildTools.jar again

[rustic basin]

I've actually tried the method you're talking about

[ocean cedar]

What was the result?

[ocean cedar]

Remove the (1)

[ocean cedar]

Dont place it there

Where is your BuildTools.jar?

Try placing it on the same layer

[rustic basin]

okay i konw

[ocean cedar]

(I don't actually know where exactly it is looking for it)

[rustic basin]

there？

[ocean cedar]

Try it this way once

So I can see

[rustic basin]

wow！

look！

Looks like I put the program in the wrong folder

[cunning sand]

just for curious can you try this?
i just add a few debugs to check where is really stuck...

[rustic basin]

what can i do

[ocean cedar]

How is that BuildTools.jar out of date lol

[cunning sand]

run in terminal that (consider rename the git directory for try download again)

[rustic basin]

open jar in intellij idea？

[cunning sand]

just in terminal like
java -jar BuildTools.jar --rev server-version

[rustic basin]

run this？

[cunning sand]

yeah

[rustic basin]

okay whitch

with

[cunning sand]

where server-version is the version you wanna use 1.21 or etc

[rustic basin]

this

and

[ocean cedar]

Wrong hash lel

[rustic basin]

This is the result of the build tool I downloaded on the official website and waited for half an hour

Maybe longer, please wait for me to run the jar you sent me

[ocean cedar]

At this point its probably easier just to install Git lol

[cunning sand]

yeah but its strange that happen.. i update the git used in buildtools time ago and not has any of this issues

[rustic basin]

runing

[ocean cedar]

Dont use --rev server-version

Use --rev 1.20.4

For example

[rustic basin]

okay hahha

maybe

[ocean cedar]

Yes, still failing the GitPortable download

Because the hashes dont match

[rustic basin]

Do I need to move that exe file to this directory?

[ocean cedar]

Its probably easier if you just install Git manually

Windows?

[rustic basin]

how can i install

yes

win11

[ocean cedar]

Okay, one sec

[rustic basin]

I have installed this app

[cunning sand]

well the console of @rustic basin just show its not finally downloading

[ocean cedar]

https://gitforwindows.org/

[rustic basin]

yes not down

[ocean cedar]

Install that, which installs Git permanentely instead of coming as portable version

[ocean cedar]

?

No

[rustic basin]

I tried installing

[ocean cedar]

https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/download/v2.46.0.windows.1/Git-2.46.0-64-bit.exe

Download this one

And run it

You executed the Portable version

[rustic basin]

run is install step？

[ocean cedar]

Just hit next on all steps

[rustic basin]

e maybe i have git

[ocean cedar]

You didnt

Before

[ocean cedar]

Perfect

Now run BuildTools.jar again

java -jar BuildTools.jar --rev 1.20.4

Should detect you have Git installed now

[rustic basin]

I've always had git

[ocean cedar]

Then it's not in your path variables

[cunning sand]

nope the detection is based if BuildTools can run directly the sh

[ocean cedar]

Ah ... well

[ocean cedar]

Okay try this:

Launch Git Bash instead

And navigate to your folder with BuildTools.jar through that

And then type
java -jar BuildTools.jar --rev 1.20.4

This should run it directly through the Git Bash

And (hopefully) run the BuildTools without needing to download PortableGit

[rustic basin]

e i cant cd dir

[ocean cedar]

cd /f

F: is /f in Unix terminal

And you need to use / instead of \

[ocean cedar]

No, / is root directory

Try: cd /f/server/......

[rustic basin]

get it

[ocean cedar]

There you go

ls -la

To show a list of content

[rustic basin]

I won't use Windows' instructions sorry

[ocean cedar]

Its okay

Use ls -la

For list of folder content

[ocean cedar]

Okay

Now run

java -jar "BuildTools (4).jar" --rev 1.20.4

[ocean cedar]

remove - before 1.20.4

Typo

[rustic basin]

i copy you cmd try again

[ocean cedar]

Yepp, now its actually starting the git cloning

[rustic basin]

Normally, how long does it take

[ocean cedar]

Hmmm, usually 5-10 mins

On the first time

Next runs are quicker, because it already downloaded most files and will only download / update differences

[rustic basin]

okay

Why can't I get the server side through the gui

[ocean cedar]

Because the BuildTools programm only checks if you can run Git directly from it's current environment.
As @cunning sand already said earlier, BuildTools does not know about your Git installation, neither the CLI version nor the GUI version - only if you run through Git Bash (which has Git included in it's environment) it sees that it can run it.

[rustic basin]

done？

[ocean cedar]

It failed on Maven download

Check if you can reach the Download locations it is trying to download from or if they are restricted to you

[cunning sand]

you use the jar i provide?

why maven throw and git not xd

[rustic basin]

no

[ocean cedar]

Country lock?

I assume some downloads may fail from China?

[rustic basin]

yeah

China

[ocean cedar]

:/

[rustic basin]

but

i have VPN

[ocean cedar]

Hmm

[cunning sand]

if you use the url in the logs for maven (the zip) download?

maybe its a proxy thing or something

[ocean cedar]

My first guess too

[cunning sand]

the strange is the git

[ocean cedar]

It reports a different hash back

Did you see that?

It fails on the hash check

[cunning sand]

but that was a old version because the logs says 2.30 and not 2.45

[rustic basin]

what can i do

[rustic basin]

run your jar？

[cunning sand]

https://dlcdn.apache.org/maven/maven-3/3.9.6/binaries/apache-maven-3.9.6-bin.zip
this in browser works?

[rustic basin]

i can download this

[cunning sand]

well for maven its a little more easy...
you can manually install and put the directory in the ENV VAR M2_HOME

[rustic basin]

where is ENV VAR M2_HOME

[cunning sand]

and if can.. try this JAR (terminal) for check if can throw more logs

but maybe the VPN is making the JAR not works correctly

[rustic basin]

hmmm

if i close VPN i can download？

[cunning sand]

https://maven.apache.org/install.html

[cunning sand]

that depends if with not VPN still workings the URL in browser can test the JAR/GUI

[rustic basin]

It's late for me ，I want to take a shower and sleep，I got it from 8 o'clock to 11 o'clock，Didn't succeed in building the server hahaha

Can we continue tomorrow

[cunning sand]

[rustic basin]

Will this chat disappear after I log out of the program?

I used discord for the first time to chat

[ocean cedar]

No

It will stay

[rustic basin]

okay have good day bye bye~ ：）

[rustic basin]

hello im back

now i run your jar

loor print

look print

@cunning sand

[cunning sand]

Hi, you still with VPN not?
if remember the last issue was maven not being detected

[rustic basin]

oh

if i not vpn , just cant login discord XD

[cunning sand]

oh...

[rustic basin]

I forgot to add maven

[cunning sand]

but now are not stuck in downloading maven or any...

[rustic basin]

yes with me download mave

need a?

who

[cunning sand]

how is going the console?
in teory building the jar not?

[rustic basin]

with me applay Path

[cunning sand]

can you show?

[cunning sand]

but in this point not going to throw any related to downloads

[rustic basin]

I've configured maven, what I have to do now is restart the jar

It's normal now, right?

done?

[cunning sand]

nope fails to maven.. you need install maven first

[rustic basin]

I installed Maven and you can see that the command I typed prompted the version of Maven

I tried to run the GUI in the virtual machine but I still get the same problem, the virtual machine does not have Git, there is no maven, it is a new system

[ocean cedar]

The problem is, BuildTools need to detect Git AND Maven, which there is two options for:

1. It downloads it by itself, Git as Portable version and Maven as direct download .zip
2. It detects them in its environment when run (this is why Git works, when run through Git Bash)

Both of your download problems (Git Portable and Maven) are most likely the result of your VPN, since you are in China - and I know, you wouldn't even be able to connect to international internet without a VPN, so you don't have another option.
Since you "fixed" at least the Git issue by running directly through Git Bash, you just need to "fix" the Maven download now.
I don't see it working through the BuildTools.jar itself, as it keeps failing on that, so you have two options here again:

1. Download the Maven .zip directly from where it wants to download it from and put it exactly where it would expect it do be, possible already unpacked (@cunning sand might know better how and where it expects it?)
2. Include Maven in your Git Bash environment, which means you have to set the PATH variables inside Git Bash correctly

After this, run the version of BuildTools.jar that @cunning sand gave you and show us the result.

[ocean cedar]

I personally always ran the CLI version instead of GUI version btw, but it should be the same results for both, as long as you do all steps before exactly the same.

[cunning sand]

@rustic basin and running the JAR i last provide in virtual machine change any?

[rustic basin]

I'm running the jar downloaded from the official website

server version is Ubuntu Server 24.04

And then I just tried on the server with the command that chat gpt provided to me and it seems to finish building?

[rustic basin]

I'm trying to configure the maven environment inside git bash

My git bash seems to have a maven environment

[cunning sand]

What command?
Looks buils the jar.
But that is the virtual machine or what?

[rustic basin]

A LAN server is not a virtual machine, it is a physical machine

@cunning sand

[cunning sand]

I kmow that its just you mention a VM in the past

[rustic basin]

Not the virtual machine I mentioned earlier

[cunning sand]

You run that in WSL or where?

[rustic basin]

You can think of it as, I'm deploying a development environment in my Windows, and then I'm developing an MC plugin, and then I don't have a MC server, so I can't connect to RCON, so I want to deploy a Minecraft server in my windos to test the RCON connection, and the screenshot I'm showing you is how to describe it, it's like a live server, and my computer is a test server, and then I test it and then deploy it to a live server

what is WSL

nono no

is Linux server not is WSL

I don't know how to describe it to you, but if you look at the screenshots, you can see that the first screenshots that I gave you were running in VMware, and now the screenshots are running on a different computer, which is a server

@cunning sand

[cunning sand]

Ohhh okay but now you have the jar generated by buildtools not?

[rustic basin]

yes

[ocean cedar]

After building it yourself, you can also just copy it around your own servers yourself.
The problem is, that we can't build it and send it to you due to license / copyright reasons.
That's also why there is no direct download for a server jar anywhere.

[rustic basin]

I see, am I the first to encounter this problem in the latest jar build tool

Because I didn't find a solution in the country, in fact, it seems that we haven't solved it after trying for so long, hahaha