# AWX Build Error following Contributing Guide while getting make docker-compose

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-build-error-following-contributing-guide-while-getting-make-docker-compose/27661>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** awx\
**Created:** [May 30, 2018, 5:22am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-build-error-following-contributing-guide-while-getting-make-docker-compose/27661 "2018-05-30T05:22:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Raj\_Upp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Raj\_Upp](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Raj_Upp)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 5:22am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-build-error-following-contributing-guide-while-getting-make-docker-compose/27661/1 "2018-05-30T05:22:01Z")

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Team,

I am getting the following error when trying to build the awx based on the contribution doc steps:

Steps followed:

- git clone -b devel [https://github.com/ansible/awx.git](https://github.com/ansible/awx.git)

- cp awx/settings/local\_settings.py.docker\_compose awx/settings/local\_settings.py

- make docker-compose-build

- make ui-devel

- make docker-compose

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**Author:** ![Raj\_Upp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Raj\_Upp](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Raj_Upp)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-build-error-following-contributing-guide-while-getting-make-docker-compose/27661/2 "2018-05-30T15:28:20Z")

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I upgraded the git version to 2.16.3

and now git describe works :

git describe --long --first-parent  
1.0.6-11-gbd744bced

but i am still having issue bringing awx up with the above exception