Re: Challenge with Git-Bash

From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 17, 2010, 17:13 UTC
Message-ID: <20100717171303.GB10730@burratino>
In-Reply-To: <001d01cb25cb$eb176980$c1463c80$@net>

(+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