Process 'command 'git'' finished with non zero exit value 128" - github

Question

I need some help I have a gradle project within the IntelliJ IDEA and I'm trying to automate gradle with github using the github actions. My .yml file for the github action contains
name: CI - build and test
on:
push:
branches: [ main ]
jobs:
build:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout#v2
- name: Set up JDK 11
uses: actions/setup-java#v2
with:
java-version: '11'
distribution: 'adopt'
- name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
working-directory: ./project
run: chmod +x ./gradlew
- name: Build
working-directory: ./project
run: ./gradlew build
- name: Test
working-directory: ./project
run: ./gradlew test
- name: Update Website
working-directory: ./project
run: ./gradlew deployReports
The error is coming from the final step - name: Update Website working-directory: ./project run: ./gradlew deployReports
here is the function for deployReports located within my build.gradle file
task deployReports (dependsOn: 'copyWebsite'){
group = "Reporting"
description 'Copies reports to the website repo and pushes to github'
doLast{
def pagesDir = "$buildDir/gh-pages"
exec{
workingDir = 'build/gh-pages'
commandLine = ['git', 'add', '.']
}
exec{
workingDir = 'build/gh-pages'
commandLine = ['git', 'commit', '-m', 'Updating-webpages']
}
exec{
workingDir = 'build/gh-pages'
commandLine = ['git', 'push']
}
}
}
The error is coming from this line commandLine = ['git', 'commit', '-m', 'Updating-webpages']
I'm unsure of how to fix this because git is installed correctly and I can still commit and push myself from the terminal. any insight would be great!

Answer 1

The simplest solution is the clone the branch through GitHub (Using a terminal). otherwise, setups git in this dir so you are able to solve this.
This happens because of the system not finding any git commands here and unable to locate git that's why it is happening