From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21C6B1F5AE for ; Thu, 25 Jun 2020 13:39:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2405198AbgFYNjH (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Jun 2020 09:39:07 -0400 Received: from smtp.hosts.co.uk ([85.233.160.19]:10530 "EHLO smtp.hosts.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2405038AbgFYNjG (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Jun 2020 09:39:06 -0400 Received: from host-92-20-155-32.as13285.net ([92.20.155.32] helo=[192.168.1.37]) by smtp.hosts.co.uk with esmtpa (Exim) (envelope-from ) id 1joS5o-0001jt-8b; Thu, 25 Jun 2020 14:39:04 +0100 Subject: Re: Capital letters do not work when using vi as git editor To: Daniel Dyk , git@vger.kernel.org References: <000232C3.5EF496D0@mail.ifta.com> From: Philip Oakley Message-ID: <1eccf3a5-cce2-2109-5e04-ed9f43105a57@iee.email> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 14:39:05 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.9.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <000232C3.5EF496D0@mail.ifta.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Language: en-GB Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On 25/06/2020 11:21, Daniel Dyk wrote: > Hi git-devs, > > > I installed git 2.27.0 on a fresh Windows 10 system, there where no old installations of mingw or git. Unfortunatly I have encountered a bug with vim when doing 'git rebase -i' or 'git commit': > > I am not able to type capital letters, so commands for selecting rows (V), pasting above (P) etc are not working. I am also not able to type 'ABCDE' in insertion mode. Small letters and capital umlauts (ÄÖÜ) work. If I open the vi without git, I can type the capital letters. If I use nano as editor, I can type capital letters as well. > > Downgrading to git 2.24.1.2 solved the problem for now (I double checked and reinstalled 2.27.0 again => same issue). > If I remember correctly this occurred because of changes to the terminal support used. It's been reported on the Git-for-Windows Issues [1] list and a fresh snapshot [2] created that resolves the problem . Philip [1] https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/2689 [2] https://wingit.blob.core.windows.net/files/index.html