Create project brakes autoloader if target dir is current (maybe)

[iBobik]

Something strange happened - I tried to create new project in current directory (.) and it created project with not working autoloader. Then I removed it and created the same in subdirectory (drupal-new) with the same parameters in the same Docker container, but errors disappeared.

Now it works for me and I does not have motivation to debug it, but I am curious why it happened. Also it could be potential technical bug, UX bug or incomplete docs.

Here is my shell log. Sorry it is not trimmed, but I am scared I could trim something important what I does not know it is important.

www-data@089a518aa56b:~/drupal$ ls
www-data@089a518aa56b:~/drupal$ composer create-project drupal-composer/drupal-project:8.x-dev . --stability dev
Installing drupal-composer/drupal-project (8.x-dev 217da1c26ab558d8c3ea0efcf98a342c8c95d1b1)
  - Installing drupal-composer/drupal-project (8.x-dev 217da1c) Cloning 217da1c26a
Created project in .
> DrupalProject\composer\ScriptHandler::checkComposerVersion
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies (including require-dev)
Package operations: 104 installs, 0 updates, 0 removals
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symfony/var-dumper suggests installing ext-symfony_debug ()
psy/psysh suggests installing ext-pcntl (Enabling the PCNTL extension makes PsySH a lot happier :))
psy/psysh suggests installing ext-pdo-sqlite (The doc command requires SQLite to work.)
psy/psysh suggests installing hoa/console (A pure PHP readline implementation. You'll want this if your PHP install doesn't already support readline or libedit.)
symfony/dependency-injection suggests installing symfony/proxy-manager-bridge (Generate service proxies to lazy load them)
alchemy/zippy suggests installing guzzle/guzzle (To use the GuzzleTeleporter with Guzzle 3)
zendframework/zend-feed suggests installing zendframework/zend-cache (Zend\Cache component, for optionally caching feeds between requests)
zendframework/zend-feed suggests installing zendframework/zend-db (Zend\Db component, for use with PubSubHubbub)
zendframework/zend-feed suggests installing zendframework/zend-http (Zend\Http for PubSubHubbub, and optionally for use with Zend\Feed\Reader)
zendframework/zend-feed suggests installing zendframework/zend-servicemanager (Zend\ServiceManager component, for easily extending ExtensionManager implementations)
zendframework/zend-feed suggests installing zendframework/zend-validator (Zend\Validator component, for validating email addresses used in Atom feeds and entries ehen using the Writer subcomponent)
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paragonie/random_compat suggests installing ext-libsodium (Provides a modern crypto API that can be used to generate random bytes.)
easyrdf/easyrdf suggests installing ml/json-ld (~1.0)
phpdocumentor/reflection-docblock suggests installing dflydev/markdown (~1.0)
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pear/console_table suggests installing pear/Console_Color2 (>=0.1.2)
drush/drush suggests installing ext-pcntl (*)
drush/drush suggests installing drush/config-extra (Provides configuration workflow commands, such as config-merge.)
behat/mink suggests installing behat/mink-selenium2-driver (slow, but JS-enabled driver for any app (requires Selenium2))
behat/mink suggests installing behat/mink-zombie-driver (fast and JS-enabled headless driver for any app (requires node.js))
sebastian/global-state suggests installing ext-uopz (*)
phpunit/phpunit-mock-objects suggests installing ext-soap (*)
phpunit/php-code-coverage suggests installing ext-xdebug (>=2.2.1)
phpunit/phpunit suggests installing phpunit/php-invoker (~1.1)
Writing lock file
Generating autoload files

                                                                                                   
  [RuntimeException]                                                                               
  Could not scan for classes inside "web/core/lib/Drupal.php" which does not appear to be a file   
  nor a folder                                                                                     
                                                                                                   

create-project [-s|--stability STABILITY] [--prefer-source] [--prefer-dist] [--repository REPOSITORY] [--repository-url REPOSITORY-URL] [--dev] [--no-dev] [--no-custom-installers] [--no-scripts] [--no-progress] [--no-secure-http] [--keep-vcs] [--no-install] [--ignore-platform-reqs] [--] [<package>] [<directory>] [<version>]

www-data@089a518aa56b:~/drupal$ composer require drupal/data drupal/sqlsrv
Using version ^1.0@alpha for drupal/data
Using version ^2.11 for drupal/sqlsrv
./composer.json has been updated
Could not scan for classes inside "web/core/lib/Drupal.php" which does not appear to be a file nor a folder
Could not scan for classes inside "web/core/lib/Drupal/Component/Utility/Timer.php" which does not appear to be a file nor a folder
Could not scan for classes inside "web/core/lib/Drupal/Component/Utility/Unicode.php" which does not appear to be a file nor a folder
Could not scan for classes inside "web/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Database.php" which does not appear to be a file nor a folder
Could not scan for classes inside "web/core/lib/Drupal/Core/DrupalKernel.php" which does not appear to be a file nor a folder
Could not scan for classes inside "web/core/lib/Drupal/Core/DrupalKernelInterface.php" which does not appear to be a file nor a folder
Could not scan for classes inside "web/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Site/Settings.php" which does not appear to be a file nor a folder
> DrupalProject\composer\ScriptHandler::checkComposerVersion
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies (including require-dev)
Package operations: 2 installs, 0 updates, 0 removals
  - Installing drupal/data (1.0.0-alpha2) Downloading: 100%         
  - Installing drupal/sqlsrv (2.11.0) Downloading: 100%         
Writing lock file
Generating autoload files

Installation failed, reverting ./composer.json to its original content.

                                                                                                   
  [RuntimeException]                                                                               
  Could not scan for classes inside "web/core/lib/Drupal.php" which does not appear to be a file   
  nor a folder                                                                                     
                                                                                                   

require [--dev] [--prefer-source] [--prefer-dist] [--no-progress] [--no-suggest] [--no-update] [--no-scripts] [--update-no-dev] [--update-with-dependencies] [--ignore-platform-reqs] [--prefer-stable] [--prefer-lowest] [--sort-packages] [-o|--optimize-autoloader] [-a|--classmap-authoritative] [--apcu-autoloader] [--] [<packages>]...

www-data@089a518aa56b:~/drupal$ composer install --prefer-dist
Could not scan for classes inside "web/core/lib/Drupal.php" which does not appear to be a file nor a folder
Could not scan for classes inside "web/core/lib/Drupal/Component/Utility/Timer.php" which does not appear to be a file nor a folder
Could not scan for classes inside "web/core/lib/Drupal/Component/Utility/Unicode.php" which does not appear to be a file nor a folder
Could not scan for classes inside "web/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Database.php" which does not appear to be a file nor a folder
Could not scan for classes inside "web/core/lib/Drupal/Core/DrupalKernel.php" which does not appear to be a file nor a folder
Could not scan for classes inside "web/core/lib/Drupal/Core/DrupalKernelInterface.php" which does not appear to be a file nor a folder
Could not scan for classes inside "web/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Site/Settings.php" which does not appear to be a file nor a folder
> DrupalProject\composer\ScriptHandler::checkComposerVersion
Loading composer repositories with package information
Installing dependencies (including require-dev) from lock file
Warning: The lock file is not up to date with the latest changes in composer.json. You may be getting outdated dependencies. Run update to update them.
Nothing to install or update
Generating autoload files

                                                                                                   
  [RuntimeException]                                                                               
  Could not scan for classes inside "web/core/lib/Drupal.php" which does not appear to be a file   
  nor a folder                                                                                     
                                                                                                   

install [--prefer-source] [--prefer-dist] [--dry-run] [--dev] [--no-dev] [--no-custom-installers] [--no-autoloader] [--no-scripts] [--no-progress] [--no-suggest] [-v|vv|vvv|--verbose] [-o|--optimize-autoloader] [-a|--classmap-authoritative] [--apcu-autoloader] [--ignore-platform-reqs] [--] [<packages>]...

www-data@089a518aa56b:~/drupal$ ls
LICENSE  README.md  composer.json  composer.lock  drush  phpunit.xml.dist  scripts  vendor  web
www-data@089a518aa56b:~/drupal$ ls web/
core  modules
www-data@089a518aa56b:~/drupal$ ls web/core
drupal-core-f34eee7
www-data@089a518aa56b:~/drupal$ ls web/core/drupal-core-f34eee7/
CHANGELOG.txt	    MAINTAINERS.txt  core.libraries.yml		   misc		     scripts
COPYRIGHT.txt	    UPDATE.txt	     core.link_relation_types.yml  modules	     tests
INSTALL.mysql.txt   assets	     core.services.yml		   package.json      themes
INSTALL.pgsql.txt   authorize.php    globals.api.php		   phpcs.xml.dist
INSTALL.sqlite.txt  composer.json    includes			   phpunit.xml.dist
INSTALL.txt	    config	     install.php		   profiles
LICENSE.txt	    core.api.php     lib			   rebuild.php
www-data@089a518aa56b:~/drupal$ ls vendor/
alchemy        dflydev		egulias		masterminds    phpunit	  symfony-cmf
asm89	       dnoegel		fabpot		mikey179       psr	  twig
behat	       doctrine		gabordemooij	nikic	       psy	  vlucas
bin	       drupal		guzzlehttp	paragonie      sebastian  webflo
composer       drupal-composer	ircmaxell	pear	       stack	  webmozart
consolidation  drush		jakub-onderka	phpdocumentor  stecman	  zendframework
cweagans       easyrdf		jcalderonzumba	phpspec        symfony
www-data@089a518aa56b:~/drupal$ rm -rf *
rm: cannot remove 'vendor': Directory not empty
^C
www-data@089a518aa56b:~/drupal$ cd ..
www-data@089a518aa56b:~$ composer create-project drupal-composer/drupal-project:8.x-dev drupal --stability dev --no-interaction
Installing drupal-composer/drupal-project (8.x-dev 217da1c26ab558d8c3ea0efcf98a342c8c95d1b1)

                                           
  [InvalidArgumentException]               
  Project directory drupal/ is not empty.  
                                           

create-project [-s|--stability STABILITY] [--prefer-source] [--prefer-dist] [--repository REPOSITORY] [--repository-url REPOSITORY-URL] [--dev] [--no-dev] [--no-custom-installers] [--no-scripts] [--no-progress] [--no-secure-http] [--keep-vcs] [--no-install] [--ignore-platform-reqs] [--] [<package>] [<directory>] [<version>]

www-data@089a518aa56b:~$ rm -rf drupal/
rm: cannot remove 'drupal/': Device or resource busy
www-data@089a518aa56b:~$ composer create-project drupal-composer/drupal-project:8.x-dev drupal-new --stability dev --no-interaction
Installing drupal-composer/drupal-project (8.x-dev 217da1c26ab558d8c3ea0efcf98a342c8c95d1b1)
  - Installing drupal-composer/drupal-project (8.x-dev 217da1c) Cloning 217da1c26a
Created project in drupal-new
> DrupalProject\composer\ScriptHandler::checkComposerVersion
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies (including require-dev)
Package operations: 104 installs, 0 updates, 0 removals
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> DrupalProject\composer\ScriptHandler::createRequiredFiles
Create a sites/default/settings.php file with chmod 0666
Create a sites/default/files directory with chmod 0777
www-data@089a518aa56b:~$ mv drupal-new/* drupal
www-data@089a518aa56b:~$ mv drupal-new/.* drupal
mv: inter-device move failed: 'drupal-new/.' to 'drupal/.'; unable to remove target: Invalid argument
mv: cannot remove 'drupal-new/..': Is a directory
www-data@089a518aa56b:~$ ls drupal
LICENSE  README.md  composer.json  composer.lock  drush  phpunit.xml.dist  scripts  vendor  web
www-data@089a518aa56b:~$ ls drupal -a
.   .DS_Store	.travis.yml  README.md	    composer.lock  phpunit.xml.dist  vendor
..  .gitignore	LICENSE      composer.json  drush	   scripts	     web
www-data@089a518aa56b:~$ rm drupal/.DS_Store 
www-data@089a518aa56b:~$ ls -a drupal-new/
.  ..
www-data@089a518aa56b:~$ rm -r drupal-new/
www-data@089a518aa56b:~$ cd drupal/
www-data@089a518aa56b:~/drupal$ ls
LICENSE  README.md  composer.json  composer.lock  drush  phpunit.xml.dist  scripts  vendor  web
www-data@089a518aa56b:~/drupal$ composer
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  / ____/___  ____ ___  ____  ____  ________  _____
 / /   / __ \/ __ `__ \/ __ \/ __ \/ ___/ _ \/ ___/
/ /___/ /_/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ (__  )  __/ /
\____/\____/_/ /_/ /_/ .___/\____/____/\___/_/
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Composer version 1.3.2 2017-01-27 18:23:41

Usage:
  command [options] [arguments]

Options:
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www-data@089a518aa56b:~/drupal$ composer require drupal/data drupal/sqlsrv
Using version ^1.0@alpha for drupal/data
Using version ^2.11 for drupal/sqlsrv
./composer.json has been updated
> DrupalProject\composer\ScriptHandler::checkComposerVersion
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies (including require-dev)
Package operations: 2 installs, 0 updates, 0 removals
  - Installing drupal/data (1.0.0-alpha2) Loading from cache
  - Installing drupal/sqlsrv (2.11.0) Loading from cache
Writing lock file
Generating autoload files
Removing services cache file:/var/www/drupal/vendor/drupal/console/extend.console.uninstall.services.yml
Creating services cache file: /var/www/drupal/vendor/drupal/console/extend.console.uninstall.services.yml
> DrupalProject\composer\ScriptHandler::createRequiredFiles
www-data@089a518aa56b:~/drupal$ 

[webflo]

Not sure if "." is even possible with composer create-project. You are using composer 1.3.2, maybe you could try it again the latest release (1.4.x).

[iBobik]

Updated and it works the same.

[soniCaH]

@iBobik have you ever found a solution? Experiencing the exact same issues.

[iBobik]

Hi, I am do not remember. I use it in this project and how-to in readme there works. Try it: https://github.com/iBobik/drupal-composer-docker

[soniCaH]

For future reference:

It started working locally when I removed caps from my path (or moved the project to a case-sensitive volume on mac):

• ~/Sites/project : fails
• ~/project : works
• /Volumes/case-sensitive-volume/project : works

[matthewboman]

I'm getting this error on a Windows machine.

[Wylbur]

Also does not work when adding a relative path to the creation directory. So using
../some-directory
breaks the path for the autoload.php file location.

There are other tickets about this, but none of them make this connection.

My workaround is to just create the project in a subdirectory, them move the subdirectory where you need it.

[AlexSkrypnyk]

This pull request/issue has been inactive for over a year and is being closed due to inactivity. If the issue still persists or the contribution is still relevant, please feel free to reopen it or create a new one.

Thank you for your understanding and your contributions to the project!