From: "Briggs, John" <JOHN.BRIGGS@aei.com>
To: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Cc: "git@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger.kernel.org>,
"git-for-windows@googlegroups.com"
<git-for-windows@googlegroups.com>
Subject: RE: getting fatal error trying to open git gui
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2018 21:01:17 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CY4PR02MB2262A382E033B50B3800A69CFFD70@CY4PR02MB2262.namprd02.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180316205243.GB151588@aiede.svl.corp.google.com>
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 the start menu. Even though I have "run as administrator" checked on both shortcut and the program (or any combo of).
John
-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2018 2:53 PM
To: Briggs, John <JOHN.BRIGGS@aei.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org; git-for-windows@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: getting fatal error trying to open git gui
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
>>>
>>> Everything else seems to be working. How can I get the gui to work?
>>
>> That's strange indeed. Why is Git capitalized when you run "git version"?
>
> Got it figured out. Git gui must be ran as administrator.
Hm, that leaves me even more mystified.
Before v1.7.4-rc0~155^2~4 (git-gui: generic version trimming, 2010-10-07), git-gui was not able to handle "git version" output like "git version 2.16.2.windows.1", but since then, it should have been able to cope fine with it.
I wonder: do you have multiple versions of git gui installed?
Thanks,
Jonathan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-03-16 21:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-03-16 19:03 getting fatal error trying to open git gui Briggs, John
2018-03-16 19:57 ` Jonathan Nieder
2018-03-16 20:24 ` Briggs, John
2018-03-16 20:52 ` Jonathan Nieder
2018-03-16 21:01 ` Briggs, John [this message]
2018-03-16 21:21 ` Bryan Turner
2018-03-19 12:56 ` Briggs, John
2018-03-19 14:13 ` Johannes Schindelin
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