CI failing with `cmake --build build --target check-format`, complains about CPM.cmake even though it is excluded

[Phytolizer]

This doesn't fail when running it locally, only on CI.

Local run:

[TerraGen]$ cmake --build build --target check-format
[0/2] Re-checking globbed directories...
[2/2] cd /home/kyle/Documents/TerraGen && /usr/bin/python3.9 /home/kyle/Documents/TerraGen/build/_deps/...ke-src/git-clang-format.py --binary=/usr/bin/clang-format --ci 4b825dc642cb6eb9a060e54bf8d69288fbee4904
clang-format did not modify any files

CI run:

  cmake --build /home/runner/work/TerraGen/TerraGen/build --target check-format --config Debug
  shell: /usr/bin/bash -e {0}
  env:
    BUILD_TYPE: Debug
CMake Error at build/_deps/format.cmake-src/cmake-format.cmake:53 (message):
  cmake/CPM.cmake needs to be reformatted

Any idea what I'm doing wrong here?

[giacomo-b]

I'm getting a similar error when using ModernCppStarter. This is my log:

Run cmake --build build --target check-format
clang-format did not modify any files
Built target check-clang-format
CMake Error at /Users/runner/work/MyProject/MyProject/cpm_modules/format.cmake/e25a26778e5810b3fa49523bf8cadf5f71bacc26/cmake-format.cmake:53 (message):
  ../CMakeLists.txt needs to be reformatted


make[3]: *** [_deps/format.cmake-build/CMakeFiles/check-cmake-format] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_deps/format.cmake-build/CMakeFiles/check-cmake-format.dir/all] Error 2
make[1]: *** [_deps/format.cmake-build/CMakeFiles/check-format.dir/rule] Error 2
make: *** [check-format] Error 2
Error: Process completed with exit code 2.

The only difference w.r.t. the original repo is the project name (MyProject instead of Greeter).

[TheLartians]

Hm, one way this can happen is when different versions of formatters are installed on CI and local systems. Can you check that cmake-format --version returns the same value on both systems?

[giacomo-b]

Since then I have completely reinstalled a few utilities (including clang-format) and now everything works as expected. At this point I am not sure what the problem was exactly, but I would suggest trying to reinstall/update the tools involved.