{"thread":{"id":"46105","subject":"Git Error Message","startedAt":"2017-06-03T08:13:11Z","lastAt":"2017-06-05T14:00:53Z","messageCount":4,"participants":["christienne shultz","Konstantin Khomoutov","Philip Oakley"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"321474","messageId":"CAPMR3RcMK_Dt=4g6JJjQ9DVhCn7PLY2xAPXM1OgZGaqyVSeP=A@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"46105","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Git Error Message","fromName":"christienne shultz","fromEmail":"cpshultz86@gmail.com","sentAt":"2017-06-03T08:13:05Z","receivedAt":"2017-06-03T08:13:11Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"cpshultz86@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"Hello,\nI have installed the Git software and upon trying to update a\nrepository by the \"open recent repository\" link and am unable to\naccess the menu-or anything-from there.  Instead a window pops up with\nthe following error message:\n\n\"\\usage C:\\Program Files\\Git\\mingw64/libexec/git-core\\git-GUI[\n{blame|browser|citool}]\n\nCan you please tell me what this error message means and how to fix\nthe issue?  Thank you!\n"},{"id":"321525","messageId":"20170605084839.mmirmdtvlpdqgwgo@tigra","threadId":"46105","inReplyTo":"CAPMR3RcMK_Dt=4g6JJjQ9DVhCn7PLY2xAPXM1OgZGaqyVSeP=A@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Git Error Message","fromName":"Konstantin Khomoutov","fromEmail":"kostix+git@007spb.ru","sentAt":"2017-06-05T08:48:40Z","receivedAt":"2017-06-05T08:48:47Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"kostix+git@007spb.ru","avatar":null},"body":"On Sat, Jun 03, 2017 at 01:13:05AM -0700, christienne shultz wrote:\n\n> I have installed the Git software and upon trying to update a\n> repository by the \"open recent repository\" link and am unable to\n> access the menu-or anything-from there.  Instead a window pops up with\n> the following error message:\n> \n> \"\\usage C:\\Program Files\\Git\\mingw64/libexec/git-core\\git-GUI[\n> {blame|browser|citool}]\n> \n> Can you please tell me what this error message means and how to fix\n> the issue?  Thank you!\n\nA shot in the dark until someone with access to Windows chimes in (it\nappears that the \"open recent repository\" feature of `git gui` is specific\nto Git for Windows): have you verified that repository actually exists\non your filesystem?\n\nAnother interesting question is whether the pathname of that repository\nincludes space characters which could in principle confuse `git gui`.\n\n"},{"id":"321533","messageId":"D86B4F1CDEF64DEEB961900D30165624@PhilipOakley","threadId":"46105","inReplyTo":"20170605084839.mmirmdtvlpdqgwgo@tigra","subject":"Re: Git Error Message","fromName":"Philip Oakley","fromEmail":"philipoakley@iee.org","sentAt":"2017-06-05T13:54:55Z","receivedAt":"2017-06-05T13:55:23Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"philipoakley@iee.email","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/914343?v=4"},"body":"From: \"Konstantin Khomoutov\" <kostix+git@007spb.ru>\n> On Sat, Jun 03, 2017 at 01:13:05AM -0700, christienne shultz wrote:\n>\n>> I have installed the Git software and upon trying to update a\n>> repository by the \"open recent repository\" link and am unable to\n>> access the menu-or anything-from there.  Instead a window pops up with\n>> the following error message:\n>>\n>> \"\\usage C:\\Program Files\\Git\\mingw64/libexec/git-core\\git-GUI[\n>> {blame|browser|citool}]\n>>\n\nCan you show the full error message / dialog window?\n\nWith a little bit of staring you will see the line numbers and a few clues \nabout the stack history for the error (i.e. line number and variable)\n\n>> Can you please tell me what this error message means and how to fix\n>> the issue?  Thank you!\n>\n> A shot in the dark until someone with access to Windows chimes in (it\n> appears that the \"open recent repository\" feature of `git gui` is specific\n> to Git for Windows): have you verified that repository actually exists\n> on your filesystem?\n\nFeature is common but the implementations look slightly different\n\nhttps://github.com/git/git/blob/master/git-gui/lib/choose_repository.tcl#L123\n$opts insert end [mc \"Open Existing Repository\"] link_open\n\nhttps://github.com/git-for-windows/git/blob/master/git-gui/lib/choose_repository.tcl#L152\n-text [mc \"Open Recent Repository:\"]\n\nI'm not sure how the differences are created between the two source codes.\n\nThe nominal upstream by Pat Thoyts has the same as the git.git version\nhttps://github.com/patthoyts/git-gui/blob/master/lib/choose_repository.tcl#L123\n\n\n--Philip\n\n\n>\n> Another interesting question is whether the pathname of that repository\n> includes space characters which could in principle confuse `git gui`.\n> \n\n"},{"id":"321534","messageId":"20170605140032.jdnv32fd5lxhqkcj@tigra","threadId":"46105","inReplyTo":"D86B4F1CDEF64DEEB961900D30165624@PhilipOakley","subject":"Re: Git Error Message","fromName":"Konstantin Khomoutov","fromEmail":"kostix+git@007spb.ru","sentAt":"2017-06-05T14:00:32Z","receivedAt":"2017-06-05T14:00:53Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"kostix+git@007spb.ru","avatar":null},"body":"On Mon, Jun 05, 2017 at 02:54:55PM +0100, Philip Oakley wrote:\n\n> > > I have installed the Git software and upon trying to update a\n> > > repository by the \"open recent repository\" link and am unable to\n> > > access the menu-or anything-from there.  Instead a window pops up with\n> > > the following error message:\n> > > \n> > > \"\\usage C:\\Program Files\\Git\\mingw64/libexec/git-core\\git-GUI[\n> > > {blame|browser|citool}]\n> \n> Can you show the full error message / dialog window?\n> \n> With a little bit of staring you will see the line numbers and a few clues\n> about the stack history for the error (i.e. line number and variable)\n> \n> > > Can you please tell me what this error message means and how to fix\n> > > the issue?  Thank you!\n> > \n> > A shot in the dark until someone with access to Windows chimes in (it\n> > appears that the \"open recent repository\" feature of `git gui` is specific\n> > to Git for Windows): have you verified that repository actually exists\n> > on your filesystem?\n> \n> Feature is common but the implementations look slightly different\n> \n> https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/git-gui/lib/choose_repository.tcl#L123\n> $opts insert end [mc \"Open Existing Repository\"] link_open\n> \n> https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/blob/master/git-gui/lib/choose_repository.tcl#L152\n> -text [mc \"Open Recent Repository:\"]\n> \n> I'm not sure how the differences are created between the two source codes.\n> \n> The nominal upstream by Pat Thoyts has the same as the git.git version\n> https://github.com/patthoyts/git-gui/blob/master/lib/choose_repository.tcl#L123\n\nHeh, somehow I've got an impression the GfW's version of `git gui` was\ntaught to look in the registry for the recent folders and then pick\nthose  which have \".git\" directory located inside or whose names end\nin \".git\" ;-)\n\n"}]}