From: Philip Oakley Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2017 13:54:55 GMT Subject: Re: Git Error Message Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20170605084839.mmirmdtvlpdqgwgo@tigra> From: "Konstantin Khomoutov" > On Sat, Jun 03, 2017 at 01:13:05AM -0700, christienne shultz wrote: > >> I have installed the Git software and upon trying to update a >> repository by the "open recent repository" link and am unable to >> access the menu-or anything-from there. Instead a window pops up with >> the following error message: >> >> "\usage C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64/libexec/git-core\git-GUI[ >> {blame|browser|citool}] >> Can you show the full error message / dialog window? With a little bit of staring you will see the line numbers and a few clues about the stack history for the error (i.e. line number and variable) >> Can you please tell me what this error message means and how to fix >> the issue? Thank you! > > A shot in the dark until someone with access to Windows chimes in (it > appears that the "open recent repository" feature of `git gui` is specific > to Git for Windows): have you verified that repository actually exists > on your filesystem? Feature is common but the implementations look slightly different https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/git-gui/lib/choose_repository.tcl#L123 $opts insert end [mc "Open Existing Repository"] link_open https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/blob/master/git-gui/lib/choose_repository.tcl#L152 -text [mc "Open Recent Repository:"] I'm not sure how the differences are created between the two source codes. The nominal upstream by Pat Thoyts has the same as the git.git version https://github.com/patthoyts/git-gui/blob/master/lib/choose_repository.tcl#L123 --Philip > > Another interesting question is whether the pathname of that repository > includes space characters which could in principle confuse `git gui`. >