AW: Challenge with Git-Bash

From: Rainer Lauer <lauerr@gmx.net>
Date: Jul 18, 2010, 17:02 UTC
Message-ID: <007f01cb269b$0015dbd0$00419370$@gmx.net>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinODbTbZ7CXaAxs83T_pdyvafWnjSI8kzjcWAXN@mail.gmail.com>

Hi, from Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> I got a successfully work-around. See attached mail. Thanks for your support and amazingly fast response.

Regis, Rainer Lauer

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Von: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason [mailto:avarab@gmail.com] 
Gesendet: Sonntag, 18. Juli 2010 16:56
An: Rainer Lauer
Cc: Git Mailing List
Betreff: Re: Challenge with Git-Bash

On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 14:42, Rainer Lauer <lauerr@gmx.net> wrote:

> Hi,
> thanks for the reply. I did set the full path to my editor of choice.

Good that it worked out. CC-ing the list so that others encountering this problem will find the solution.

(+cc: msysgit)

Hi Rainer,

Rainer Lauer wrote:

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> with my Windows 7 Git-Installation I get following challenge:
>
> 1)	Set GIT_EDITOR to editor of your choice
>
> 2)	With Windows7 let this editor run in admin-mode
> 	Goto .exe-file -> right mouse-click -> compatibility -> run program
>	as admin (I'm running a German version maybe English names are slightly
>	different)
>
> 3)	Make a git action like git add file
>	                       git commit
> 	from the git bash.
>
> 4)	Now following message appears:  sh.exe: ./"editor of your choice":
> Bad file number
>
> Everything is fine without Admin-Mode set for editor.

Apparently “Bad file number” can mean “Permission denied” among other things on Windows. I do not have any better suggestion than to try running git bash as administrator too, sorry.

Regards, Jonathan