Re: Git Error Message

[Konstantin Khomoutov]

On Mon, Jun 05, 2017 at 02:54:55PM +0100, Philip Oakley wrote:

> > > I have installed the Git software and upon trying to update a
> > > repository by the "open recent repository" link and am unable to
> > > access the menu-or anything-from there.  Instead a window pops up with
> > > the following error message:
> > > 
> > > "\usage C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64/libexec/git-core\git-GUI[
> > > {blame|browser|citool}]
> 
> Can you show the full error message / dialog window?
> 
> With a little bit of staring you will see the line numbers and a few clues
> about the stack history for the error (i.e. line number and variable)
> 
> > > Can you please tell me what this error message means and how to fix
> > > the issue?  Thank you!
> > 
> > A shot in the dark until someone with access to Windows chimes in (it
> > appears that the "open recent repository" feature of `git gui` is specific
> > to Git for Windows): have you verified that repository actually exists
> > on your filesystem?
> 
> Feature is common but the implementations look slightly different
> 
> https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/git-gui/lib/choose_repository.tcl#L123
> $opts insert end [mc "Open Existing Repository"] link_open
> 
> https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/blob/master/git-gui/lib/choose_repository.tcl#L152
> -text [mc "Open Recent Repository:"]
> 
> I'm not sure how the differences are created between the two source codes.
> 
> The nominal upstream by Pat Thoyts has the same as the git.git version
> https://github.com/patthoyts/git-gui/blob/master/lib/choose_repository.tcl#L123

Heh, somehow I've got an impression the GfW's version of `git gui` was
taught to look in the registry for the recent folders and then pick
those  which have ".git" directory located inside or whose names end
in ".git" ;-)

Re: Git Error Message

[Philip Oakley]

From: "Konstantin Khomoutov" 

On Sat, Jun 03, 2017 at 01:13:05AM -0700, christienne shultz wrote:


I have installed the Git software and upon trying to update a
repository by the "open recent repository" link and am unable to
access the menu-or anything-from there.  Instead a window pops up with
the following error message:

"\usage C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64/libexec/git-core\git-GUI[
{blame|browser|citool}]



Can you show the full error message / dialog window?

With a little bit of staring you will see the line numbers and a few clues 
about the stack history for the error (i.e. line number and variable)



Can you please tell me what this error message means and how to fix
the issue?  Thank you!


A shot in the dark until someone with access to Windows chimes in (it
appears that the "open recent repository" feature of `git gui` is specific
to Git for Windows): have you verified that repository actually exists
on your filesystem?


Feature is common but the implementations look slightly different

https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/git-gui/lib/choose_repository.tcl#L123
$opts insert end [mc "Open Existing Repository"] link_open

https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/blob/master/git-gui/lib/choose_repository.tcl#L152
-text [mc "Open Recent Repository:"]

I'm not sure how the differences are created between the two source codes.

The nominal upstream by Pat Thoyts has the same as the git.git version
https://github.com/patthoyts/git-gui/blob/master/lib/choose_repository.tcl#L123


--Philip




Another interesting question is whether the pathname of that repository
includes space characters which could in principle confuse `git gui`.

Re: Git Error Message

[Konstantin Khomoutov]

On Sat, Jun 03, 2017 at 01:13:05AM -0700, christienne shultz wrote:

> I have installed the Git software and upon trying to update a
> repository by the "open recent repository" link and am unable to
> access the menu-or anything-from there.  Instead a window pops up with
> the following error message:
> 
> "\usage C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64/libexec/git-core\git-GUI[
> {blame|browser|citool}]
> 
> Can you please tell me what this error message means and how to fix
> the issue?  Thank you!

A shot in the dark until someone with access to Windows chimes in (it
appears that the "open recent repository" feature of `git gui` is specific
to Git for Windows): have you verified that repository actually exists
on your filesystem?

Another interesting question is whether the pathname of that repository
includes space characters which could in principle confuse `git gui`.

Git Error Message

[christienne shultz]

Hello,
I have installed the Git software and upon trying to update a
repository by the "open recent repository" link and am unable to
access the menu-or anything-from there.  Instead a window pops up with
the following error message:

"\usage C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64/libexec/git-core\git-GUI[
{blame|browser|citool}]

Can you please tell me what this error message means and how to fix
the issue?  Thank you!