Appian version manager not working as expeced.

Question

I am trying to use Appian version manager as given in Appian documentation. 
 https://community.appian.com/w/the-appian-playbook/198/deployment-automation#Automated_Versioning_Manager 
 I am trying to use -action as addContents and it is giving me an error as below 
 "java.lang.IllegalStateException: Error: the Zip file cannot be committed to the respository. The Zip file contains one or more application XML file and version toool has been invoked with paramameter -UUID signaling it should be patch" 
 
 I am using below command and also updated attributes/parameter in version-manager.properties file. 
 version-application.bat -action addContents -vc_username (VC_USERNAME) -vc_password (VC_PASSWORD) -application_path "C:\Users\43987901\Downloads\Country Flag Icons.zip" -commit_message &ldquo;Commit by@439879 &rdquo; 
 below are parameter defined in version-manager.properties as well. 
 action=addContents 
 commitMessage="Commit by@439879 " 
 localRepoPath=C:\Developer_Appian 
 repoUrl=https://alm-github.uk.hsbc/HSBC-GST/Developer_Appian 
 uuid=_a-0000de51-e49e-8000-9ba2-011c48011c48_16348 
 vcPassword=GIT_Username 
 vcUsername=GIT_password 
 versionControlType=GIT repoUrl=https://alm-github.systems.uk.hsbc/HSBC-GST/Developer_Appian 
 Can anyone please let me know probably cause for the above error.... 
 Thanks in advance

bradc · Answer

Hi, 
 
It appears from the error that you exported the entire application rather than selecting objects within the application to create a patch. When you specify a uuid in the parameters, you should only be exporting a patch and not the entire application. If you would like to export the entire application, do not specify a UUID in your parameters.