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Re-2: Capital letters do not work when using vi as git editor

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DDDaniel Dyk <daniel.dyk@ifta.com>
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Jun 25, 2020, 13:46 UTC
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Installing the latest snapshot resolved it, thanks. 
Daniel
-------- Original Message --------
Betreff: Re: Capital letters do not work when using vi as git editor (25. Juni 2020, 15:39)
Von:     Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email>
An:      Daniel Dyk <Daniel.Dyk@ifta.com>
         git@vger.kernel.org <git@vger.kernel.org>
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> On 25/06/2020 11:21, Daniel Dyk wrote:
> > Hi git-devs,
> >
> >
> > I installed git 2.27.0 on a fresh Windows 10 system, there where no old 
> > installations of mingw or git. Unfortunatly I have encountered a bug with 
> > vim when doing 'git rebase -i' or 'git commit':
> >
> > I am not able to type capital letters, so commands for selecting rows (<
> > Shift>V), pasting above (<Shift>P) etc are not working. I am also not able 
> > to type 'ABCDE' in insertion mode. Small letters and capital umlauts (ÄÖÜ) 
> > work. If I open the vi without git, I can type the capital letters. If I 
> > use nano as editor, I can type capital letters as well. 
> >
> > Downgrading to git 2.24.1.2 solved the problem for now (I double checked 
> > and reinstalled 2.27.0 again => same issue).
> >
> If I remember correctly this occurred because of changes to the terminal
> support used. It's been reported on the Git-for-Windows Issues [1] list
> and a fresh snapshot [2] created that resolves the problem .
> 
> Philip
> 
> [1] https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/2689
> [2] https://wingit.blob.core.windows.net/files/index.html
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  1. Daniel DykJun 25, 2020
  2. Philip OakleyJun 25, 2020
  3. Re-2: Capital letters do not work when using vi as git editorDaniel Dyk, Jun 25, 2020

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