{"thread":{"id":"36323","subject":"Bug report: git add . -p \"Argument list too long\"","startedAt":"2014-03-31T21:04:27Z","lastAt":"2014-03-31T21:38:26Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Dieter Komendera","Philip Oakley"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"238150","messageId":"2893758C-2196-4A0F-8FD7-69C13B1EDBA4@komendera.com","threadId":"36323","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Bug report: git add . -p \"Argument list too long\"","fromName":"Dieter Komendera","fromEmail":"dieter@komendera.com","sentAt":"2014-03-31T21:04:27Z","receivedAt":"2014-03-31T21:04:27Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"dieter@komendera.com","avatar":null},"body":"Hi there,\n\nsince a while when I want to stage diffs in one of my big repos with \"git add . -p” I get this error:\n\nCan't exec \"git\": Argument list too long at /usr/local/Cellar/git/1.9.1/libexec/git-core/git-add--interactive line 180.\nDied at /usr/local/Cellar/git/1.9.1/libexec/git-core/git-add--interactive line 180.\n\nMac OS X 10.9.2\ngit 1.9.1 (installed via homebrew)\n\nI’ve also tried the latest versions of the 1.7 and 1.8 branches which also yielded the same error in that repo.\ngit add . -p works fine in other (smaller) repos. Unfortunately I’m not able to share this private repo.\n\nI found this rather old posting in the mailing list archive, unfortunately the link to the \"quick and easy fix” looks dead:\nhttp://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/142863/match=argument+list+too+long+git+add\n\nAnybody can help?\n\nThanks,\nDieter\n"},{"id":"238154","messageId":"451827DDA9B84629BB261BE933029561@PhilipOakley","threadId":"36323","inReplyTo":"2893758C-2196-4A0F-8FD7-69C13B1EDBA4@komendera.com","subject":"Re: Bug report: git add . -p \"Argument list too long\"","fromName":"Philip Oakley","fromEmail":"philipoakley@iee.org","sentAt":"2014-03-31T21:38:26Z","receivedAt":"2014-03-31T21:38:26Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"philipoakley@iee.email","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/914343?v=4"},"body":"----- Original Message ----- \nFrom: \"Dieter Komendera\" <dieter@komendera.com>\nTo: <git@vger.kernel.org>\nSent: Monday, March 31, 2014 10:04 PM\nSubject: Bug report: git add . -p \"Argument list too long\"\n\n\n> Hi there,\n>\n> since a while when I want to stage diffs in one of my big repos with \n> \"git add . -p” I get this error:\n>\n> Can't exec \"git\": Argument list too long at \n> /usr/local/Cellar/git/1.9.1/libexec/git-core/git-add--interactive line \n> 180.\n> Died at \n> /usr/local/Cellar/git/1.9.1/libexec/git-core/git-add--interactive line \n> 180.\n>\n> Mac OS X 10.9.2\n> git 1.9.1 (installed via homebrew)\n>\n> I’ve also tried the latest versions of the 1.7 and 1.8 branches which \n> also yielded the same error in that repo.\n> git add . -p works fine in other (smaller) repos. Unfortunately I’m \n> not able to share this private repo.\n>\n> I found this rather old posting in the mailing list archive, \n> unfortunately the link to the \"quick and easy fix” looks dead:\n> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/142863/match=argument+list+too+long+git+add\n>\n> Anybody can help?\n>\n> Thanks,\n> Dieter\n>\nhttp://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/136157 maybe? \n"}]}