From: Jean-Michel MERCIER <jeanmichel.mercier@newsbridge.io>
To: Jean-Michel MERCIER <jeanmichel.mercier@newsbridge.io>,
git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: feature-request: silently stops ssh-agent.exe when upgrading (windows)
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2022 16:58:13 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAOLx1BibKcxrPp3fyUbGXM-d_JZKot_MLznB9EXF3CkVKkHtZA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOLx1Bi189tdo1Yn7njv9BjMzjuVOT8MSZH-bx8o-nS6gQpQTg@mail.gmail.com>
Hi everyone
Just for the record in the archive if anyone is finding this thread:
It has been handled :
https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/4172
https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/453
Thanks
Jean-Michel
> On Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 8:53 AM Jean-Michel MERCIER <jeanmichel.mercier@newsbridge.io> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Brian
>>
>> Many thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
>> Sorry for bothering
>>
>> Keep the great work and have a great end of year time
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Jean-Michel
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 1:43 AM brian m. carlson
>> <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > On 2022-12-15 at 08:38:01, Jean-Michel MERCIER wrote:
>> > > Hello
>> >
>> > Hey,
>> >
>> > > I've looked in the public-inbox archive without finding any similar request.
>> > >
>> > > I believe it is a bit annoying that upgrading git-scm always generates
>> > > an error when ssh-agent.exe is still running. User than have to open
>> > > the Task Manager, find the task and kill it.
>> > >
>> > > Could you consider silently stopping ssh-agent during an upgrade, and
>> > > may be restarting it afterward ?
>> > > Most installer do that or at least offer the user to do it to allow
>> > > seamless upgrading.
>> >
>> > The Git project doesn't distribute any binaries at all, and it doesn't
>> > distribute OpenSSH. It distributes source code for Git, and that's
>> > all.
>> >
>> > It sounds like you're using Git for Windows, which does distribute
>> > binaries, both of Git and OpenSSH. If you have feedback for them,
>> > you'll probably want to use their issue tracker
>> > (https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues) and, if it hasn't
>> > already been reported, you can request a change there.
>> > --
>> > brian m. carlson (he/him or they/them)
>> > Toronto, Ontario, CA
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-12-21 15:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-12-15 8:38 feature-request: silently stops ssh-agent.exe when upgrading (windows) Jean-Michel MERCIER
2022-12-16 0:42 ` brian m. carlson
2022-12-16 7:53 ` Jean-Michel MERCIER
[not found] ` <CAOLx1Bi189tdo1Yn7njv9BjMzjuVOT8MSZH-bx8o-nS6gQpQTg@mail.gmail.com>
2022-12-21 15:58 ` Jean-Michel MERCIER [this message]
2022-12-22 2:45 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2022-12-22 5:19 ` Eric Sunshine
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