Re: Challenge with Git-Bash

From: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 17, 2010, 16:36 UTC
Message-ID: <AANLkTinKt2Mbsw4SbTCjbTOuzOpzYEBjQsGGh2Fq67Bo@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <001d01cb25cb$eb176980$c1463c80$@net>

On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 16:20, Rainer Lauer <lauerr@gmx.net> wrote:

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> Hello,
> 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. In other words if you
> get rid of step 2) step 4) doesn't appear instead the editor starts.
> Due to other tasks my editor of choice has to run in this mode - stupid
> enough.
>
> Any chance to get around this problem?
> (No not taking a different editor, no not getting rid of admin mode :) )

Did you actually set "GIT_EDITOR" to the string "editor of your choice", as opposed to the full path to Emacs, notepad or something like that?