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RE: mintty bug in current git bash (Git-2.42.0.2-64-bit.exe)

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RHRudisill, Steven L. (Booz Allen Hamilton) <steven.rudisill@va.gov>
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Nov 3, 2023, 14:10 UTC
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Hi git,

Mintty has a bug - when double-clicking on text, the preceding '~' or '.' is not selected. https://github.com/mintty/mintty/issues/1237

This really slows down interacting in git bash because this is a very frequent console interaction: Double-clicking to select a path (which copies it to the paste buffer since the text is highlighted), then easily paste to manipulate text. The pasted text is omitting the preceding '~' or '.' character.

Please release a new git bash version that uses the updated mintty with the fix for this bug. The issue link above indicates that this is a bug and has been fixed. Further, it might be nice if git bash had an update feature?

Regards, Steven

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  1. Rudisill, Steven L. (Booz Allen Hamilton)Nov 3, 2023
  2. Andy KoppeNov 3, 2023

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