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Re: Error: could not fork child process: Resource temporarily unavailable (-1)

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jan 2, 2017, 10:58 UTC
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Hi,
On Mon, 2 Jan 2017, M. Abuhena Sobuj wrote:
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> My Git Bash was perfect but suddenly It stooped work for me.
> 
> I just got message
> "Error: could not fork child process: Resource temporarily unavailable (-1).
> DLL rebasing may be required. See 'rebaseall / rebase --help'."

Is this a 32-bit system? If so, simply try to reinstall Git for Windows, that should make it work again [*1*].

If that does not solve the problem, you will want to open a ticket at https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/new

Ciao, Johannes

Footnote *1*: https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/wiki/32-bit-issues
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  1. M. Abuhena SobujJan 2, 2017
  2. Johannes SchindelinJan 2, 2017

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