cookiecutter not working on mac

[alexfowler]

when I try to run the following cookiecutter command:
cookiecutter https://github.com/Pylons/pyramid-cookiecutter-starter

I get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/afowler/Desktop/test_project/.env/bin/cookiecutter", line 11, in
sys.exit(main())
File "/Users/afowler/Desktop/test_project/.env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/click/core.py", line 722, in call
return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
File "/Users/afowler/Desktop/test_project/.env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/click/core.py", line 697, in main
rv = self.invoke(ctx)
File "/Users/afowler/Desktop/test_project/.env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/click/core.py", line 895, in invoke
return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
File "/Users/afowler/Desktop/test_project/.env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/click/core.py", line 535, in invoke
return callback(*args, **kwargs)
File "/Users/afowler/Desktop/test_project/.env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/cookiecutter/cli.py", line 120, in main
password=os.environ.get('COOKIECUTTER_REPO_PASSWORD')
File "/Users/afowler/Desktop/test_project/.env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/cookiecutter/main.py", line 63, in cookiecutter
password=password
File "/Users/afowler/Desktop/test_project/.env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/cookiecutter/repository.py", line 103, in determine_repo_dir
no_input=no_input,
File "/Users/afowler/Desktop/test_project/.env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/cookiecutter/vcs.py", line 99, in clone
stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/subprocess.py", line 336, in check_output
**kwargs).stdout
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/subprocess.py", line 418, in run
output=stdout, stderr=stderr)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['git', 'clone', 'https://github.com/Pylons/pyramid-cookiecutter-starter']' returned non-zero exit status 1.

I'm using Python 3.6.3 and Mac OS High Sierra version 10.13.2. Any idea what the problem could be?

[stevepiercy]

It looks like you installed cookiecutter into your virtual environment, and had activated it. Is that correct?

The stack trace means git clone https://github.com/Pylons/pyramid-cookiecutter-starter failed. It could have been a temporary network glitch or GitHub outage. That command should work, unless you lack permissions to write into the location where you invoked cookiecutter.

There's a SO post that can help you examine the error:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27920837/python-subprocess-check-output-returned-non-zero-exit-status-1

[mikeckennedy]

It's also possible that git is either not installed or not in the path. What happens when you type `git` on the command line?

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[alexfowler]

@stevepiercy I get the same error even when I run the command from outside of my virtual environment

@mikeckennedy when i typed git on the command line i got the following error:

xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun

When googling the error, I came across this stackoverflow solution and it seems like it has to do with needing to download and install xcode developer tools when you upgrade to macOs Sierra! Nice tip @mikeckennedy !