EACCES: permission denied, scandir

[janusqa]

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Summary

When running build command expo-cli seems to be trying to access directors it likely has no right accessing

EACCES: permission denied, scandir  '/a/directory/outside/the/root/dir/that/eas.json/is/in'

Why is it trying to scandir directories outside the root folder in which eas.json resides. How can I fix it.

Managed or bare?

Managed

Environment

expo-env-info 1.0.5 environment info:
System:
OS: Linux 5.4 Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS (Focal Fossa)
Shell: 5.0.17 - /bin/bash
Binaries:
Node: 18.14.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v18.14.0/bin/node
Yarn: 1.22.19 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v18.14.0/bin/yarn
npm: 9.4.2 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v18.14.0/bin/npm
SDKs:
Android SDK:
API Levels: 28, 29, 33, 34
Build Tools: 30.0.3, 33.0.2, 34.0.0
System Images: android-28 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom, android-29 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom, android-33 | Google APIs Intel x86_64 Atom, android-33 | Google Play Intel x86_64 Atom
npmPackages:
expo: ^49.0.8 => 49.0.8
react: 18.2.0 => 18.2.0
react-native: 0.72.4 => 0.72.4
Expo Workflow: managed

Error output

[Error: EACCES: permission denied, scandir '/a/directory/outside/the/root/dir/that/eas.json/is/in'] {
errno: -13,
code: 'EACCES',
syscall: 'scandir',
path: ''/a/directory/outside/the/root/dir/that/eas.json/is/in"
}
Error: build command failed.

Reproducible demo or steps to reproduce from a blank project

create a project with directory structure

--A
----C <=== make this folder not accessible to currently logged in user.
----B
------eas.json

rn project is located in folder B. Try to build project. It will try to scan C and give error. Is that expected? C has no relation to rn project in B which contains the entire rn project.

[theafolayan]

Just here to say that '/a/directory/outside/the/root/dir/that/eas.json/is/in' is hilarious 😆

[janusqa]

I came across this gem
https://github.com/expo/fyi/blob/main/eas-build-archive.md#how-can-i-upload-files-to-eas-build-if-they-are-gitignored
Very helpful
So the root directory is not the directory with the "eas.json" but with the ".git" folder.
I used the "easignore" (although not recommended) but eas was not processing "gitignore" how I expected but "easignore" did.
One thing that I missed is that it goes into the folder where ".git" lives and not necessarily where the "eas.json" lives