info api not showing git info with gradle-git-properties plugin in grails 4 app

Question

I am trying to get git commit details as part of "/actuator/info" api end point using the gradle-git-properties plugin by following https://guides.grails.org/adding-commit-info/guide/index.html guide but having no luck with it. Steps I followed:

"sdk install grails 4.0.8" //installing latest grails 4 version using sdkman
"sdk use grails 4.0.8" //making sure my current shell is using latest version as well
"grails create-app myapp --profile=rest-api" //creating a dummy app
"cd myapp" //change working dir to the new app
"git init" //initializing git

As per the guide I updated the build.gradle

      buildscript {
          repositories {
              maven { url "https://repo.grails.org/grails/core" }
              maven { url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/" }
          }
          dependencies {
              classpath "org.grails:grails-gradle-plugin:$grailsVersion"
              classpath "org.grails.plugins:hibernate5:7.0.4"
              classpath "org.grails.plugins:views-gradle:2.0.2"
              classpath "gradle.plugin.com.gorylenko.gradle-git-properties:gradle-git-properties:2.2.0"
          }
      }

      version "0.1"
      group "myapp"

      apply plugin:"eclipse"
      apply plugin:"idea"
      apply plugin:"war"
      apply plugin:"org.grails.grails-web"
      apply plugin:"org.grails.plugins.views-json"
      apply plugin: "com.gorylenko.gradle-git-properties"

Also updated the application.yml file to enable actuator end points

      management:
          endpoints:
              enabled-by-default: true

run the application using ./gradlew bootRun

I see that the git.properties file is correctly generated and placed under "build/resources/main" folder within the project folder. But when I hit "http://localhost:8080/actuator/info" in browser, all I see is:

{"app":{"grailsVersion":"4.0.8","version":"0.1","name":"myapp"}}

But no git related info. Raised the same issue here are well: https://github.com/n0mer/gradle-git-properties/issues/161

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 14 '21 at 15:16

Solution has been provided by @virtualdogbert here : https://github.com/n0mer/gradle-git-properties/issues/161#issuecomment-936544990

Basically we have to set path to the git.properties file for dev env:

environments {
    development{
        spring.info.git.location='file:build/resources/main/git.properties'
    }
}

info api not showing git info with gradle-git-properties plugin in grails 4 app

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