Failed to get dates for all remote commits

[senaps]

this is the error that i get while trying to build the versions! :)
"Failed to get dates for all remote commits"

=> Reading config from source/conf.py...
Running Sphinx v1.6.3
loading pickled environment... not yet created

Exception occurred:
File "/home/senaps/Projects/documents/testversion/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sphinxcontrib/versioning/sphinx_.py", line 60, in builder_inited
app.config.html_sidebars['**'] = StandaloneHTMLBuilder.default_sidebars + ['versions.html']
AttributeError: type object 'StandaloneHTMLBuilder' has no attribute 'default_sidebars'
The full traceback has been saved in /tmp/sphinx-err-0FisJh.log, if you want to report the issue to the developers.
Please also report this if it was a user error, so that a better error message can be provided next time.
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Process Process-1:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/multiprocessing/process.py", line 258, in _bootstrap
self.run()
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/multiprocessing/process.py", line 114, in run
self._target(*self._args, **self.kwargs)
File "/home/senaps/Projects/documents/testversion/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sphinxcontrib/versioning/sphinx.py", line 219, in _read_config
build(argv, config, Versions(list()), current_name, False)
File "/home/senaps/Projects/documents/testversion/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sphinxcontrib/versioning/sphinx.py", line 204, in _build
raise SphinxError
SphinxError
=> sphinx-build failed for branch/tag while reading config:
=> Unable to read file, continuing with only CLI args.
=> Gathering info about the remote git repository...
=> Getting list of all remote branches/tags...
Username for 'http://': maysam
Password for 'http://maysam@':
=> Found: feature master 1.0.0
=> Failed to get dates for all remote commits.

by the way, no log was generated in tmp/

[jgomo3]

I Have the same problem. This is the log:

# Sphinx version: 1.6.1
# Python version: 3.5.2 (CPython)
# Docutils version: 0.13.1 release
# Jinja2 version: 2.9.6
# Last messages:

# Loaded extensions:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/monkey/.local/share/virtualenvs/docs-NpS6InWB/lib/python3.5/site-packages/sphinx/cmdline.py", line 305, in main
    opts.warningiserror, opts.tags, opts.verbosity, opts.jobs)
  File "/home/monkey/.local/share/virtualenvs/docs-NpS6InWB/lib/python3.5/site-packages/sphinx/application.py", line 233, in __init__
    self._init_builder()
  File "/home/monkey/.local/share/virtualenvs/docs-NpS6InWB/lib/python3.5/site-packages/sphinx/application.py", line 311, in _init_builder
    self.emit('builder-inited')
  File "/home/monkey/.local/share/virtualenvs/docs-NpS6InWB/lib/python3.5/site-packages/sphinx/application.py", line 488, in emit
    return self.events.emit(event, self, *args)
  File "/home/monkey/.local/share/virtualenvs/docs-NpS6InWB/lib/python3.5/site-packages/sphinx/events.py", line 79, in emit
    results.append(callback(*args))
  File "/home/monkey/.local/share/virtualenvs/docs-NpS6InWB/lib/python3.5/site-packages/sphinxcontrib/versioning/sphinx_.py", line 60, in builder_inited
    app.config.html_sidebars['**'] = StandaloneHTMLBuilder.default_sidebars + ['versions.html']
AttributeError: type object 'StandaloneHTMLBuilder' has no attribute 'default_sidebars'

[FraBle]

+1

[ncmaas]

I resolved this issue for now by downgrading my sphinx to 1.5.6 from 1.6.3.

[priyasha1]

I am facing the similar issue...

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�[36m=> Getting list of all remote branches/tags...�[39m
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Failure.
Build step 'Execute shell' marked build as failure
Finished: FAILURE

Is thr any solution other than downgrading sphinx? please help!
I am using sphinx version 1.6.5

[pstorz]

I could solve this problem by updating git to a 2.x version (was 1.8 before)

[keyjhk]

I could solve this problem by updating git to a 2.x version (was 1.8 before)

it really works.thank you.