panic: interface conversion: types.Type is nil, not *types.Named

[heidsoft]

 /Users/heidsoft/go/bin/controller-gen object:headerFile="hack/boilerplate.go.txt" paths="./..."
panic: interface conversion: types.Type is nil, not *types.Named

goroutine 1 [running]:
sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/pkg/deepcopy.shouldBeCopied(0xc000a94700, 0xc002d37140, 0x1004001)
	/Users/heidsoft/go/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/[email protected]/pkg/deepcopy/traverse.go:611 +0x35a
sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/pkg/deepcopy.(*ObjectGenCtx).GenerateForPackage.func2(0xc002d37140)
	/Users/heidsoft/go/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/[email protected]/pkg/deepcopy/gen.go:226 +0xac
sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/pkg/markers.EachType.func1(0xc000ca8180, 0xc000c82200, 0xc000ca41b0)
	/Users/heidsoft/go/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/[email protected]/pkg/markers/zip.go:179 +0x779
sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/pkg/loader.(*typeVisitor).Visit(0xc0034585c0, 0x1972ce0, 0xc000ca41b0, 0x0, 0x0)
	/Users/heidsoft/go/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/[email protected]/pkg/loader/visit.go:64 +0x140
go/ast.Walk(0x196e8e0, 0xc0034585c0, 0x1972ce0, 0xc000ca41b0)
	/usr/local/go/src/go/ast/walk.go:52 +0x66
go/ast.Walk(0x196e8e0, 0xc0034585c0, 0x1972720, 0xc000c82200)
	/usr/local/go/src/go/ast/walk.go:331 +0xf3b
go/ast.walkDeclList(0x196e8e0, 0xc0034585c0, 0xc000c832c0, 0x4, 0x4)
	/usr/local/go/src/go/ast/walk.go:38 +0x9e
go/ast.Walk(0x196e8e0, 0xc0034585c0, 0x19725e0, 0xc000ca8180)
	/usr/local/go/src/go/ast/walk.go:353 +0x264e
sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/pkg/loader.EachType(0xc000a94700, 0xc003078920)
	/Users/heidsoft/go/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/[email protected]/pkg/loader/visit.go:38 +0xaa
sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/pkg/markers.EachType(0xc000a947a0, 0xc000a94700, 0xc0013198c0, 0x2, 0xc003701ee8)
	/Users/heidsoft/go/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/[email protected]/pkg/markers/zip.go:155 +0xa3
sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/pkg/deepcopy.(*ObjectGenCtx).GenerateForPackage(0xc00469db40, 0xc000a94700, 0x1859e3e, 0x5, 0x1859188)
	/Users/heidsoft/go/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/[email protected]/pkg/deepcopy/gen.go:216 +0x1da
sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/pkg/deepcopy.Generator.Generate(0xc000040f6b, 0x17, 0x0, 0x0, 0xc0000a6140, 0xc0001e2c01, 0xc0000a6140)
	/Users/heidsoft/go/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/[email protected]/pkg/deepcopy/gen.go:147 +0x1a5
sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/pkg/genall.(*Runtime).Run(0xc0005db980, 0xc00000fce0)
	/Users/heidsoft/go/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/[email protected]/pkg/genall/genall.go:171 +0x15e
main.main.func1(0xc00018bb80, 0xc00000fce0, 0x2, 0x2, 0x0, 0x0)
	/Users/heidsoft/go/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/[email protected]/cmd/controller-gen/main.go:176 +0xa6
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).execute(0xc00018bb80, 0xc0000321c0, 0x2, 0x2, 0xc00018bb80, 0xc0000321c0)
	/Users/heidsoft/go/pkg/mod/github.com/spf13/[email protected]/command.go:826 +0x453
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).ExecuteC(0xc00018bb80, 0xc00000fc80, 0x4, 0x0)
	/Users/heidsoft/go/pkg/mod/github.com/spf13/[email protected]/command.go:914 +0x2fb
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).Execute(...)
	/Users/heidsoft/go/pkg/mod/github.com/spf13/[email protected]/command.go:864
main.main()
	/Users/heidsoft/go/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/[email protected]/cmd/controller-gen/main.go:200 +0x34a

[govinda-attal]

I think you might have used alias types such as type AliasType = string .. I came across this error, when I used aliases. Otherwise it works as a charm

[jaypipes]

@heidsoft Try updating to a more modern version of controller-tools. I used to run into this issue with older versions.

[kgcarr]

@heidsoft did you figure out a solution to this?

[heidsoft]

@kaitoy
No follow up now, I will try again later,thanks

[TerryHowe]

For me, this error was caused by overriding ObjectMeta twice. Copy pasta problem.

[miffa]

I think you might have used alias types such as type AliasType = string .. I came across this error, when I used aliases. Otherwise it works as a charm

figure out my problem