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Gerrit

📝 Description & Context

I am trying to use publish:gerrit:review action provided by backstage to raise a review request in Gerrit. But when running this action, getting this below error:

2026-07-20T08:11:29.773Z Error: Could not find HEAD. {data={"what":"HEAD"}}
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at Git.fetch (C:\Users\xyz\node_modules@backstage\plugin-scaffolder-backend-module-gerrit\node_modules@backstage\plugin-scaffolder-node\src\scm\git.ts:237:15)
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at async Object.commitAndPushRepo (C:\Users\xyz@backstage\plugin-scaffolder-backend-module-gerrit\node_modules@backstage\plugin-scaffolder-node\src\actions\gitHelpers.ts:113:3)
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at async Object.handler (C:\Users\xyz\node_modules@backstage\plugin-scaffolder-backend-module-gerrit\src\actions\gerritReview.ts:155:7)
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at async NunjucksWorkflowRunner.executeStep (C:\Users\xyz\node_modules@backstage\plugin-scaffolder-backend\src\scaffolder\tasks\NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts:534:9)
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at async NunjucksWorkflowRunner.execute (C:\Users\xyz\node_modules@backstage\plugin-scaffolder-backend\src\scaffolder\tasks\NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts:685:9)
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at async TaskWorker.runOneTask (C:\Users\xyz\node_modules@backstage\plugin-scaffolder-backend\src\scaffolder\tasks\TaskWorker.ts:224:26)
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at async run(C:\Users\xyz\node_modules\p-queue\dist\index.js:163:29)

I am trying to fetch a gerrit repo, do some delete operations and then push it as a review to another gerrit repo. I am not getting what the problem is!! Am I doing something wrong?

Template.yaml for reference:

• id: fetch-gerrit
  name: Fetching Template from Gerrit Skeleton
  action: fetch:template
  input:
  url: http://127.0.0.1:8080/my-gerrit-app-new/+/refs/heads/main

• id: publish-gerrit-review
  name: Submitting to Gerrit for Review
  action: publish:gerrit:review
  input:
  repoUrl: 127.0.0.1:8080?repo=a/${{ parameters.repoName }}
  branch: main
  gitCommitMessage: "For review: Commit from IDP Scaffolder"

👍 Expected Behavior

I expect the action to work properly without any error.

📦 Reproduction Repo

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🥾 Reproduction steps

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Have you read the Code of Conduct?

• I have read the Code of Conduct

Are you willing to submit PR?

Undecided