BUG I can't start git on Windows 7

2014-09-08 Thread Petr Bena
I installed git on my system using official package from git-scm.com but I can't launch it, I am always getting this error: C:\Users\petr.benaC:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\sh.exe --login -i 0 [main] us 0 init_cheap: VirtualAlloc pointer is null, Win32 error 487 AllocationBase 0x0,

Re: BUG I can't start git on Windows 7

2014-09-08 Thread Thomas Braun
Am 08.09.2014 um 11:15 schrieb Petr Bena: I installed git on my system using official package from git-scm.com but I can't launch it, I am always getting this error: C:\Users\petr.benaC:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\sh.exe --login -i 0 [main] us 0 init_cheap: VirtualAlloc pointer is

Re: BUG I can't start git on Windows 7

2014-09-08 Thread Petr Bena
Hi, Windows 7 enterprise (Windows [Version 6.1.7601]) I mention it because IMHO windows git is based on cygwin and because I can see cygwin mentioned in error message. I didn't install it by hand, I think it was part of git installation package. On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Thomas Braun

Re: BUG I can't start git on Windows 7

2014-09-08 Thread Konstantin Khomoutov
On Mon, 8 Sep 2014 11:15:44 +0200 Petr Bena benap...@gmail.com wrote: I installed git on my system using official package from git-scm.com but I can't launch it, I am always getting this error: C:\Users\petr.benaC:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\sh.exe --login -i 0 [main] us 0

Re: BUG I can't start git on Windows 7

2014-09-08 Thread Petr Bena
Yes that fixed it, thanks :) On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Konstantin Khomoutov flatw...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: On Mon, 8 Sep 2014 11:15:44 +0200 Petr Bena benap...@gmail.com wrote: I installed git on my system using official package from git-scm.com but I can't launch it, I am

Re: BUG I can't start git on Windows 7

2014-09-08 Thread Petr Bena
For others who are lazy to open the link, solution is executing this as administrator from your bin folder from where git is installed: rebase.exe -b 0x5000 msys-1.0.dll or reboot, but some people don't reboot their PC's ever, so you might prefer this. On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 5:56 PM,

Re: BUG I can't start git on Windows 7

2014-09-08 Thread Thomas Braun
Am 08.09.2014 um 17:34 schrieb Konstantin Khomoutov: I wonder, why the error message mentions Cygwin though. This is a leftover. Msys was forked from cygwin some time ago. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe git in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More