# Drone: builds failing and clone related issue **URL:** \ **Category:** Drone Support\ **Created:** [January 21, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://drone.discourse.group/t/drone-builds-failing-and-clone-related-issue/10382 "2020-01-21T23:42:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![grv231](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/drone.discourse.group/grv231/32/5522_2.png) [@grv231](https://drone.discourse.group/u/grv231)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://drone.discourse.group/t/drone-builds-failing-and-clone-related-issue/10382/1 "2020-01-21T23:42:51Z")
Hey Guys, New to using drone CI, running into some basic problems which I am sure someone can help (maybe I have been staring the problem for too long 🙂 ) I have been trying to test custom logic using this link: [Custom logic link](https://docs.drone.io/pipeline/docker/syntax/cloning/#custom-logic). Just removed the step _git checkout $DRONE\_COMMIT_. Here is the output: ``` + git clone https://github.com/octocat/hello-world.git . Cloning into '.'... + go build can't load package: package .: no Go files in /drone/src ``` This fails in the **build** step. I tried looking for the path `/drone/src` but couldnt find this path anywhere I did read the documents on how drone clones repository from the links [this](http://discuss.harness.io/t/how-drone-clones-a-repository/3135) and [this](https://docs.drone.io/pipeline/docker/syntax/workspace/). Some of my questions are: - Is the git clone temporary? As I did try to find the cloned repos, and I couldn’t (both inside the agent and servers containers) or in shared docker volume. More information, here is my docker-compose configuration: ``` version: '3.7' services: drone-server: container_name: drone_server image: drone/drone:latest ports: - xxxx:xxxx volumes: - /var/lib/drone:/data env_file: - ./drone-server.env restart: always environment: - DRONE_GITHUB_SERVER=https://github.com - DRONE_AGENTS_ENABLED=true - DRONE_TLS_AUTOCERT=false - DRONE_LOGS_TRACE=true - DRONE_LOGS_PRETTY=true - DRONE_LOGS_COLOR=true drone-agent: container_name: drone_agent image: drone/agent:latest ports: - xxxx:xxxx volumes: - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock depends_on: - drone-server restart: always env_file: - ./drone-agent.env environment: - DRONE_RUNNER_CAPACITY=1 - DRONE_RUNNER_NAME=mazdoor - DRONE_LOGS_TRACE=true - DRONE_LOGS_PRETTY=true - DRONE_LOGS_COLOR=true ``` Passing the env vars in two files **drone-agent.env** and **drone-server.env**. Can someone assist in this. I know this community to be highly engaging and helpful, hoping someone to point out issues in either the docker config or the actual drone yaml file. Thanks, Gaurav ---
**Author:** ![bradrydzewski](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/drone.discourse.group/bradrydzewski/32/3513_2.png) [@bradrydzewski](https://drone.discourse.group/u/bradrydzewski)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://drone.discourse.group/t/drone-builds-failing-and-clone-related-issue/10382/2 "2020-01-21T23:52:05Z")
```plaintext + git clone https://github.com/octocat/hello-world.git . Cloning into '.'... + go build can't load package: package .: no Go files in /drone/src ``` 👋 hey there, based on the output you posted it would appear you copy / pasted the example from the documentation and you are using the configuration as-is. Please note that this example in the documentation is more like pseudo code and is not meant to be a working example. You should replace the repository url and the build step with configuration parameters that are specific to your project. ```diff kind: pipeline type: docker name: default clone: disable: true steps: - name: clone image: alpine/git commands: - - git clone https://github.com/octocat/hello-world.git . + - git clone . - git checkout $DRONE_COMMIT - name: build - image: golang + image: commands: - - go build - - go test + - ``` > [@On another topic](https://drone.discourse.group/t/6688/1): > > This fails in the build step. I tried looking for the path /drone/src but couldnt find this path anywhere the workspace directory (read more [here](https://docs.drone.io/pipeline/docker/syntax/workspace/)), in which you are cloning your code, is a temporary docker volume that is destroyed when the pipeline is complete. Drone does not clone any code inside the agent or server container. > [@On another topic](https://drone.discourse.group/t/6688/1): > > Is the git clone temporary? As I did try to find the cloned repos, and I couldn’t (both inside the agent and servers containers) or in shared docker volume. This was somewhat answered above, but for completeness, the `/drone/src` directory is the workspace directory. It is the temporary volume mounted inside your pipeline containers. It is the working directory of all pipeline steps. ---
**Author:** ![grv231](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/drone.discourse.group/grv231/32/5522_2.png) [@grv231](https://drone.discourse.group/u/grv231)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://drone.discourse.group/t/drone-builds-failing-and-clone-related-issue/10382/3 "2020-01-22T01:22:08Z")
Hi Brad, Thank you for the detailed explanation. It makes a lot of sense now. On the GitHub repo, apologies for that, for some reason I was expecting some golang files to be there (which weren’t present my mistake, and it’s obvious **go** build step will fail ). I am testing pipelines now, will let you know how it goes (hopefully they will work, i know there is a potential problem for SSH github-clone that i have to solve). Thank you for taking the time to give detailed explanation. Gaurav