[Buildbot-commits] [Buildbot] #977: WithProperties() cannot by used for setting VCS's workdir

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#977: WithProperties() cannot by used for setting VCS's workdir
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Reporter:  PiotrSikora  |       Owner:           
    Type:  defect       |      Status:  new      
Priority:  major        |   Milestone:  undecided
 Version:  0.8.1        |    Keywords:           
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 Setting workidir for VCS (Git in my case, but stacktrace indicates that it
 applies to all of them) this way:
 {{{
 workdir=WithProperties('%(property_name)s')
 }}}
 results in following exception:
 {{{
 starting git operation

 remoteFailed: [Failure instance: Traceback from remote host -- Traceback
 (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/spread/pb.py", line
 840, in _recvMessage
     netResult = object.remoteMessageReceived(self, message, netArgs,
 netKw)
   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/spread/flavors.py",
 line 114, in remoteMessageReceived
     state = method(*args, **kw)
   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/buildslave/bot.py", line
 171, in remote_startCommand
     d = self.command.doStart()
   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-
 packages/buildslave/commands/base.py", line 908, in doStart
     d = defer.maybeDeferred(self.start)
 --- <exception caught here> ---
   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/internet/defer.py",
 line 106, in maybeDeferred
     result = f(*args, **kw)
   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-
 packages/buildslave/commands/vcs.py", line 81, in start
     ".buildbot-sourcedata")
   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/posixpath.py", line 60, in join
     if b.startswith('/'):
 exceptions.AttributeError: Unpersistable instance has no attribute
 'startswith'
 }}}

 Setting workdir this way works fine for other step types.

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