无效的符号链接“venv/bin/python3”

Question

I'm trying to upload my Django code to Heroku but I am getting a build error:

=== Fetching app code failed.
=!= Invalid symlink "venv/bin/python3". Cannot point outside the working directory

My Pipfile is

[[source]]
name = "pypi"
url = "https://pypi.org/simple"
verify_ssl = true

[dev-packages]

[packages]
django = "~=3.1.0"
whitenoise = "==5.1.0"
gunicorn = "==19.9.0"
psycopg2-binary = "==2.8.5"
pillow = "==7.2.0"
django-debug-toolbar = "==2.2"
environs = {version = "==8.0.0", extras = ["django"]}
django-storages = "*"
boto3 = "*"

[requires]
python_version = "3.8"

Is anyone able to help me please?

Answer 1

It looks like you have a virtual environment in a venv/ subdirectory. This directory should not be pushed to Heroku (or committed at all).

Remove it from your repository, eg by doing something like

git rm -r --cached venv
git commit -m "Untrack virtual environment"

Then commit and push to GitHub or Heroku again, depending how you are deploying.

Answer 2

I recently encountered this error. Just search for any symlinks anywhere in the project directory and try to remove them (since they may be pointing to some place on local)