Clone an existing Git Repo in ServiceNow IDE

[carey2]

Hey all,

    Has anyone successfully tested converting an existing ServiceNow App into a Fluent App and importing it from a git Repo into ServiceNow IDE?

So far I have managed to convert an existing App to Fluent using the Convert functionality and then push it to a GitHub Repo from the instance the App was first created on. It has some bugs and so won't build yet but structurally its a Fluent App. It has the correct package.json, now.config.json and src/fluent folder structure.  

However, I now want to work on that same app from a different instance (to test the Build Agent). I have connected the other instance to the same Repo (credentials and everything are good) and have confirmed that I can access that Repo successfully. When I try and clone from that repo I get the error : No fluent app found at https://github.com/<username/reponame>

Does anyone know what checking is done to look for a Fluent app and why my App that was converted with the IDE isn't being picked up? Anyone any ideas on things I could try to diagnose the issue?  

[EdwinCoronado]

hi @carey2 , what version of IDE are you on? IDE looks for `now.config.json` file at the root of the project to determine "this is a Fluent (ServiceNow SDK) app"

[carey2]

thanks for responding Edwin. I'm using IDE v 1.0.0 which looks to be the latest available to me. I do have a now.config.json file and it looks correct (to my amateur understanding) and the Build Agent Claude AI tells me that the content of the file looks correct if I paste the contents into the Build Agent chat and ask if there are errors in the file. 

The file contents are this (some names changed for security reasons): 

{
"scope": "x_fnl_acme_fina",
"scopeId": "f6db3d3147be665041ba8f9f016d4359",
"name": "My Converted App Name",
"licensing": {
"enforceLicense": "none"
},
"logo": "dfdbf57147be665041ba8f9f016d439b"
}

[rafi_kothapalli · Accepted solution]

I was having the same issue.After hours of debugging and reverting my commits in git repo.
Finally the now.config.json file seems to be the culprit:
It should be in the below format:
{
"scope": "x_test_abc_test,
"scopeId": "1ae2d166339323210ad466832cd5c7b17",
"name": "Test App",
"tsconfigPath": "./src/server/tsconfig.json"
}

Remove any other extra lines which got added 

In my case,I had to remove below part:
"accessControls": {
"runtimeAccessTracking": "none"
},
"licensing": {
"enforceLicense": "none"
}

And then finally it worked!
Hope it helps!

[Syvo]

Hello @carey2 did Rafi's solution actually solve it for you? Or did you do something else?
I'm stuck at the same place. My app is pushed to a github repo, and I can't import it into another instance. I can't find the error details in the logs either. 

[rafi_kothapalli]

Hi @Syvo 
I hope when you say another instance, do you mean another pdi?
I dont think so you can move from one to another pdi as there might be a scope issue for the app.
But if you ask me for a company instances under one roof (eg:dev,test,prod),There should not be any issue.
You can just pull the published app and build,install it.