Re: git bash

From: Dirk Süsserott <newsletter@dirk.my1.cc>
Date: Jun 17, 2011, 14:39 UTC
Message-ID: <4DFB6710.8090105@dirk.my1.cc>
In-Reply-To: <20110617141822.GD7751@centaur.lab.cmartin.tk>

Am 17.06.2011 16:18 schrieb Carlos Martín Nieto:

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> On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 03:52:55PM +0200, Massimo Manca wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I am using git on Linux Ubuntu, Windows Vista, , Windows 7 and Windows
>> XP (several o.s. to develop sw).
>> In my notebook under Vista if I use bash on mi physical HD (it is
>> divided in C:, F:, H:) it works, if I try to open a bash console on an
> 
> Assuming you mean that git doesn't work (rather than bash), could you
> provide a transcript of what you think went wrong?
> 
>> external HD (or USB or SD memories) and also on network shared drives it
>> doesn't work.
> 
> Are these filsystems FAT32 by any chance. You may need to turn on a
> couple of compatibility options like case-insensitivity and filemode.

But when using msysGit, these options are already set appropriate, aren't they?

Sometimes I have a similar problem. What do you mean by "opening a bash console on an external HD"? Do you right-click a folder and then "Git bash (here)"? I don't use that feature but I always start the bash with its regular icon (so my answer may probably not help you). It then starts in my $HOME and I change to the external HD (say X:) like so:

$ cd /x/foo

I noticed the following: When the ext. HD is attached/mounted *before* I start the bash, then it works. But if I have a running bash and then mount the drive, I cannot cd to it. "No such path" or sth. It seems, that bash builds a list of available drives only at startup. Might that be your problem? If so, then close all bashs and re-open them after mounting the devices.

HTH, Dirk