Hi John,
On Mon, 19 Mar 2018, Briggs, John wrote:
> I used Git-2.16.2-64-bit.exe to install. I used all defaults except for
> editor, where I chose Notpad++.
If your Git GUI mentions something funny about the version string when run
as normal user, but not when run as administrator, I do suspect
Subject: Re: getting fatal error trying to open git gui
On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 2:01 PM, Briggs, John wrote:
> No, it was a fresh install. Plus file search reveals only one copy of the
> file.
>
> I also noticed that I cannot use the file properties to run as administrator.
> I must
On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 2:01 PM, Briggs, John wrote:
> No, it was a fresh install. Plus file search reveals only one copy of the
> file.
>
> I also noticed that I cannot use the file properties to run as administrator.
> I must right-click on Git GUI and select "More >> Run as administrator" in
;run as administrator" checked on both shortcut
and the program (or any combo of).
John
-Original Message-
From: Jonathan Nieder
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2018 2:53 PM
To: Briggs, John
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org; git-for-wind...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: getting fatal error trying to
Briggs, John wrote:
> Jonathan Nieder wrote:
>> Briggs, John wrote:
>>> I just installed git for windows 10 and am getting "git-gui: fatal
>>> error" "Cannot parse Git version string.
>>>
>>> When I execute "git version" in the command prompt I get Git version
>>> 2.16.2.windows.1
>>>
>>> Everythi
Got it figured out. Git gui must be ran as administrator.
John
-Original Message-
From: Jonathan Nieder
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2018 1:58 PM
To: Briggs, John
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org; git-for-wind...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: getting fatal error trying to open git gui
Hi,
Briggs
Hi,
Briggs, John wrote:
> I just installed git for windows 10 and am getting "git-gui: fatal error"
> "Cannot parse Git version string.
>
> When I execute "git version" in the command prompt I get
> Git version 2.16.2.windows.1
>
> Everything else seems to be working. How can I get the gui to wo
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