Install script needs the git history, which the build leaves out

A build step failed (exit code 1). The full output is in the deploy log.

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Why it happens

The project's postinstall script writes a version file by running git rev-parse. The engine leaves .git out of the Docker build context because the Dockerfile itself does not use git, so the script fails.

What the log looks like

Deploy log
#14 ERROR: process "/bin/sh -c yarn" did not complete successfully: exit code: 1WARNING: current commit information was not captured by the build: failed to read current commit information with git rev-parse --is-inside-work-treeDockerfile:17--------------------15 |16 |     # Generate version number file17 | >>> RUN yarn18 |     RUN yarn build:writefile19 |--------------------failed to solve: process "/bin/sh -c yarn" did not complete successfully: exit code: 1

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