Questions tagged [msysgit]

Msysgit is a windows-compatible build of the git revision control system.

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search over all drives in git bash crashes - "failed to read file names from file system at or below '/': No such file or directory"

I am using the git-bash for windows (what is internal msys2). I needed to search over all of my harddrives. When I try to run find / -type d (and my search patterns), the search runs over the system ... bash git find msysgit git-for-windows

Radon8472

asked Nov 20, 2021 at 12:20 1 vote 0 answers 794 views

Unable to git with plink

I need to configure git with putty on a windows-7 machine behind a corporate proxy. I had no problem to configure putty/pageant with a specific session for gitlab.com. I have problems trying to ... windows-7 git putty git-bash msysgit

Enrico

asked May 2, 2019 at 13:58 0 votes 1 answer 383 views

using ssh from Git for Windows in a stand-alone fashion

I am having Git for Windows (this comes with MinGw64 binaries and an msys-dll set) and have extracted (thanks to depends.exe) only the program SSH.exe with the needed DLL files for using those ... windows ssh cmd.exe mingw msysgit

Alexander Stohr

asked Sep 4, 2017 at 12:25 0 votes 0 answers 560 views

As a ssh client, putty works but git bash doesn't work

Environments Host OS: Win 10 x64(x.x.x.141) Hyper-v OS: CentOS 7 x64(ssh server x.x.x.142) Putty version:0.67 Git bash version(git for windows): v2.11.0.windows.1 I try to use Git bash as a SSH ... ssh putty msysgit git-bash

the1900

asked Jan 28, 2017 at 12:47 1 vote 0 answers 763 views

In git-bash vi mode, insert mode, why is 'delete' mapped to 'esc' '3' instead of 'delete'?

In git-bash vi mode, if you're not already in insert mode, hit i. Now when you try to use delete you exit into command mode and the prompt shows (arg: 3) So it seems that delete is mapped to esc 3 ... windows bash vim msysgit git-bash

79E09796

asked Nov 25, 2016 at 10:51 2 votes 0 answers 728 views

Git smudge and clean filters

I have some files in a git repository which are unicode tab-separated value files. I know that these files are either UTF-8 or UTF-16 encoded at generation-time. For my Windows workstation, where I ... git encoding msysgit

Anaphory

asked Oct 5, 2016 at 14:54 -1 votes 1 answer 99 views

spawn new instance of msysgit in the same working directory

I am trying to spawn a new instance of msysgit - the git bash shell for windows. I've noticed that the following command is executed when you start from the Start menu: "C:\Program Files\Git\bin\sh.... windows git multiple-instances msysgit

deostroll

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asked Nov 17, 2015 at 4:54 13 votes 3 answers 18k views

Is the option "Use Git and optional Unix tools from the Windows Command Prompt" dangerous?

When installing Git, it offers the option to add all of its msys *nix tools into your PATH, however it warns: Warning: This will override Windows tools like "find" and "sort". Only use this option ... git cygwin msysgit msys

Aleksandr Dubinsky

asked Oct 27, 2015 at 23:13 0 votes 1 answer 476 views

Cmder error when using msysgit tools

Using cmder, every time I try to run one of the msysgit tools (e.g. ls) I get the following error: 0 [main] ls 7796 stdio_init: couldn't make stderr distinct from stdout The same tools work fine ... conemu msysgit cmder

spaceghost

asked Oct 5, 2015 at 8:50 5 votes 2 answers 7k views

Can't use python in interactive mode on new msys-git terminal?

I recently upgraded my laptop, which ran a 32-bit Win7, and my new laptop runs a 64-bit Win7 installation. I am installing git 2.5.1 from git-scm.com, and the latest python versions (both 3.4.3 and 2.... windows terminal python msysgit

Casey Kuball

asked Aug 31, 2015 at 22:51 1 vote 1 answer 198 views

Windows 8.1 requires elevated rights for common tasks

I've moved from Windows 7 to Windows 8.1 (fresh install, different machines) and I'm having some issues with user permissions on my Windows 8.1 machine. It seems to require Administrator rights for ... windows-8.1 administrator privileges runas msysgit

Francisc

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asked Aug 11, 2015 at 12:39 5 votes 0 answers 2k views

GPG Agent under Windows as SSH Agent for git bash

I'm trying to set up gpg-agent as the common authentication agent under Windows. It works fine for both Putty and regular gpg use, but now I'd like to use it as ssh-agent in git bash as well. From ... windows ssh git gnupg msysgit

Simon Richter

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asked May 6, 2015 at 15:36 2 votes 1 answer 527 views

bash completion in msysgit by single or double tab

Single tab used to make bash complete current line, and double tab shown all possible variants. For example, if I have files (or git branches, or whatever is suitable in current context) "abc", "abd" ... bash git msysgit

Ivan Danilov

asked Apr 21, 2015 at 14:36 1 vote 1 answer 2k views

Escaping asterisk * in Bash on Windows

The following command works in GNU Bash on FreeBSD but not in Git Bash on Windows: curl -X PUT -d '"*"' The intended result is to send a PUT request to https:... bash msysgit escape-characters msys

Tamlyn

asked Apr 3, 2015 at 21:05 1 vote 0 answers 111 views

Put all Msysgit's right-click context menu options in a sub-menu in Windows Exporer?

edit: opened an issue on Git-Cheetah's GitHub page. Is it possible to put all Msysgit's right-click menu options in a sub-menu? All of the options makes my menu enormous windows windows-explorer context-menu msysgit

laggingreflex