CLM (FATES?) build error in a feature branch started from master

[raeder]

What version of the code are you using?
The latest, as of 2025-4-17. I can't list the output of `git describe` in components/clm because it fails:

> git describe --tags
fatal: No names found, cannot describe anything.

That command does not fail in other components.

Have you made any changes to files in the source tree?
No.

Describe every step you took leading up to the problem:
I'm having a problem making CLM build after I check out a feature branch
using the development branch (master) as the start-point.
I described it in more detail in "Checking out development branch causes a build failure"
It may not be a problem in CLM itself, but that's where the error messages originate,
so I'm opening this discussion and linking to the general discussion.

 

[erik]

@raeder I responded to the parent issue. I describe this there as well, but for the "git describe" issue, you'll need to have an upstream remote that points to the ESCOMP fork of CTSM. Then you need to fetch from the upstream, and it'll have tags to be able to get the "git describe" to work.

As I say in the parent issue, I think the build problem is just a symptom of not having submodules that are all compatible with each other.