{"thread":{"id":"54629","subject":"Git bash limited to 64 windows","startedAt":"2020-11-12T16:42:38Z","lastAt":"2020-11-13T00:09:05Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["email nans","brian m. carlson"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"409770","messageId":"CALjz=4x=8dewN_Dx5jH+9M9Wt+g2cvJkxsx8E+a6QGxt1cAHZA@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"54629","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Git bash limited to 64 windows","fromName":"email nans","fromEmail":"email.n4n5@gmail.com","sentAt":"2020-11-12T16:42:20Z","receivedAt":"2020-11-12T16:42:38Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"email.n4n5@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"Hello,\nI wanted to know if this is normal and wanted, if git bash is limited\nto 64 windows at the same time.\nIn theory this is not a problem, it is normal that there are limits\nbut why there are no explicit error messages.\n\nFor example, when I use git bash in Visual Code Studio, it produces\noutput error '256' but no message like 'Too many Git bash at one\ntime'.\nIf we do it from a terminal, we get no message.\n\nFrom a certain point of view, we can say that it is normal if there is\nno error because we could say 'who runs 64 git bash and does not\nrealize it?'.But in some cases, for example in Visual Code Studio,\nthere is only a small number that shows how many git bashs are\nrunning.\n\nHere is Visual Code's response to this problem:\nhttps://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/109982\n\nIf you want to give it a try, here's a command that may come in handy:\n\nfor((i=1;i<=40;i++)); do start ./git-bash.exe; done\n\nThanks for taking the time to read\nn4n5\n"},{"id":"409839","messageId":"20201113000858.GK6252@camp.crustytoothpaste.net","threadId":"54629","inReplyTo":"CALjz=4x=8dewN_Dx5jH+9M9Wt+g2cvJkxsx8E+a6QGxt1cAHZA@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Git bash limited to 64 windows","fromName":"brian m. carlson","fromEmail":"sandals@crustytoothpaste.net","sentAt":"2020-11-13T00:08:58Z","receivedAt":"2020-11-13T00:09:05Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"sandals@crustytoothpaste.net","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/497054?v=4"},"body":"On 2020-11-12 at 16:42:20, email nans wrote:\n> Hello,\n\nHey,\n\n> I wanted to know if this is normal and wanted, if git bash is limited\n> to 64 windows at the same time.\n> In theory this is not a problem, it is normal that there are limits\n> but why there are no explicit error messages.\n> \n> For example, when I use git bash in Visual Code Studio, it produces\n> output error '256' but no message like 'Too many Git bash at one\n> time'.\n> If we do it from a terminal, we get no message.\n\nThis is probably better addressed to the Git for Windows issue tracker.\nGit Bash is shipped as part of the Git for Windows project and isn't a\npart of core Git.\n-- \nbrian m. carlson (he/him or they/them)\nHouston, Texas, US\n"}]}