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Re: [PATCH v2] Fix dir sep handling of GIT_ASKPASS on Windows

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 26, 2020, 21:16 UTC
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Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de> writes:
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>> On Windows with git installed through cygwin, GIT_ASKPASS failed to run
>
> My understanding is, that git under cygwin needs this patch (so to say),
> but isn't it so, that even Git for Windows has the same issue ?
> The headline of the patch and the indicate so.

Yes, I agree that the commit is mistitled. It is not specific to Windows (it only is Cygwin, as the support for native Windows goes a separate codepath), and it is not specific to GIT_ASKPASS, either.

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Message 6 of 13 in “Fix dir sep handling of GIT_ASKPASS on Windows”
  1. Fix dir sep handling of GIT_ASKPASS on WindowsAndrás Kucsma via GitGitGadget, Mar 23, 2020
  2. Junio C HamanoMar 24, 2020
  3. Fix dir sep handling of GIT_ASKPASS on WindowsAndrás Kucsma via GitGitGadget, Mar 25, 2020
  4. Torsten BögershausenMar 25, 2020
  5. András KucsmaMar 25, 2020
  6. Junio C HamanoMar 26, 2020
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 26, 2020
  8. András KucsmaMar 27, 2020
  9. run-command: trigger PATH lookup properly on CygwinAndrás Kucsma via GitGitGadget, Mar 27, 2020
  10. Junio C HamanoMar 27, 2020
  11. András KucsmaMar 27, 2020
  12. Andreas SchwabMar 27, 2020
  13. Junio C HamanoMar 27, 2020

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