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Select/copy/paste from Git Terminal not working as expected on Windows

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JWJeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 23, 2019, 16:11 UTC
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Hi Everyone,

When working on Windows I often use the Terminal provided by Git to SSH into other machines. I've noticed select/copy/paste does not work as expected when there is a lot of scrollback. It works, but it takes minutes to select the text and copy from the terminal.

For example, clear the terminal with 'reset', then build Git from sources. There will be a lot of scrollback, on the order of several thousand lines. Then, Right Click -> Select All. It will take a couple of minutes to select all of the text. Right Click again, and then Copy. It will take a couple of minutes to copy all of the text.

This has been going on for years. Cygwin terminals on the same machine are OK.
Jeff
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  1. Jeffrey WaltonApr 23, 2019

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