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Re: Bug? Error during commit

From
Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 5, 2018, 13:59 UTC
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On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 8:48 PM, Andreas Kalz <andreas-kalz@gmx.de> wrote:
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> Hello,
>
> I am using git frequently and usually it is running great.
>
> I read to write to this eMail address regarding problems and possible bugs.
> I am using git version 2.16.1.windows.2 / 64 Bit and during commit the following error message comes up:
> e:\Internet>git commit -m 2018-01-27
> fatal: unable to generate diffstat for Thunderbird/andreas-kalz.de/Mail/pop.gmx.net/Inbox
> [master f74cf30] 2018-01-27
>
> I also tried this before with an older git version with same problem.
>
> Can you help me with this problem please? Thanks in advance.

I think if you add -q to that "git commit" command, diffstat is not generated and you can get past that. If that particular commit can be published in public, it'll help us find out why diffstat could not be generated.

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Duy
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  4. Duy NguyenFeb 10, 2018
  5. Jeff KingFeb 10, 2018
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