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Re: BUG I can't start git on Windows 7

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Thomas Braun <thomas.braun@virtuell-zuhause.de>
Date
Sep 8, 2014, 13:21 UTC
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Am 08.09.2014 um 11:15 schrieb Petr Bena:
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> I installed git on my system using official package from git-scm.com
> but I can't launch it, I am always getting this error:
> 
> C:\Users\petr.bena>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\sh.exe" --login -i
>       0 [main] us 0 init_cheap: VirtualAlloc pointer is null, Win32 error 487
> AllocationBase 0x0, BaseAddress 0x68570000, RegionSize 0x40000, State 0x10000
> C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\sh.exe: *** Couldn't reserve space for
> cygwin's heap, Win32 error 0
> 
> 
> At some point this could be an issue with cygwin, but I am not sure.
> Did anyone had similar issue?
[CC'ing msysgit]

Do you have cygwin installed, or why do you mention cygwin? What windows are you running?

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  1. Petr BenaSep 8, 2014
  2. Thomas BraunSep 8, 2014
  3. Petr BenaSep 8, 2014
  4. Konstantin KhomoutovSep 8, 2014
  5. Petr BenaSep 8, 2014
  6. Petr BenaSep 8, 2014
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