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Git/Terminal issue

Subject: Git/Terminal issue

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5 messages between Jul 15, 2009 and Jul 15, 2009.

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GleMarS· Jul 15, 2009, 11:27 UTC · lore

Hi,

I'm getting rage. Basically whenever I navigate to a folder that contains a .git folder in Terminal (os x leopard), it prints a load of usage text. it's driving me mad, I've uninstalled - re-installed etc etc and no joy.

I have set up git on other machines without any issue so I'm baffled. Output image attached.

Help appreciated.

http://www.nabble.com/file/p24495974/terminal_low.jpg

Cheers.

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Michael J Gruber· Jul 15, 2009, 11:51 UTC · re: GleMarS · lore

Re: Git/Terminal issue

GleMarS venit, vidit, dixit 15.07.2009 13:27:

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> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm getting rage. Basically whenever I navigate to a folder that contains a
> .git folder in Terminal (os x leopard), it prints a load of usage text. it's
> driving me mad, I've uninstalled - re-installed etc etc and no joy.
> 
> I have set up git on other machines without any issue so I'm baffled. Output
> image attached.
> 
> Help appreciated.
> 
> http://www.nabble.com/file/p24495974/terminal_low.jpg 
> 
> 
> Cheers.

Are you using bash completion for git by any chance? Something calls "git branch" with incorrect parameters, and it may be the call which recalculates the bits for PS1.

Michael

Steven Noonan· Jul 15, 2009, 11:51 UTC · re: GleMarS · lore

Re: Git/Terminal issue

On Wed, 15 Jul 2009, GleMarS wrote:

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> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm getting rage. Basically whenever I navigate to a folder that contains a
> .git folder in Terminal (os x leopard), it prints a load of usage text. it's
> driving me mad, I've uninstalled - re-installed etc etc and no joy.
> 
> I have set up git on other machines without any issue so I'm baffled. Output
> image attached.
> 
> Help appreciated.
> 
> http://www.nabble.com/file/p24495974/terminal_low.jpg

Hi there,

Do you use some kind of special .bashrc, .profile, or other dotfiles that would affect what commands such as 'cd' do (i.e. aliases, etc)?

- Steven

Glen Swinfield· Jul 15, 2009, 12:02 UTC · re: Steven Noonan · lore

Re: Git/Terminal issue

I cleared my .profile file but it didn't seem to have an effect. I also removed any aliases.

If that's what it sounds like I'll have another dig around.

Steven Noonan wrote:

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> On Wed, 15 Jul 2009, GleMarS wrote:
>
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm getting rage. Basically whenever I navigate to a folder that contains a
>> .git folder in Terminal (os x leopard), it prints a load of usage text. it's
>> driving me mad, I've uninstalled - re-installed etc etc and no joy.
>>
>> I have set up git on other machines without any issue so I'm baffled. Output
>> image attached.
>>
>> Help appreciated.
>>
>> http://www.nabble.com/file/p24495974/terminal_low.jpg 
>>     
>
> Hi there,
>
> Do you use some kind of special .bashrc, .profile, or other dotfiles that 
> would affect what commands such as 'cd' do (i.e. aliases, etc)?
>
> - Steven
>

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Alex Riesen· Jul 15, 2009, 12:51 UTC · re: Glen Swinfield · lore

Re: Git/Terminal issue

On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 14:02, Glen Swinfield<glen@erskinedesign.com> wrote:

> I cleared my .profile file but it didn't seem to have an effect. I also
> removed any aliases.
>
> If that's what it sounds like I'll have another dig around.

Just do

  echo $PS1

and look at the commands it uses. If you just want to get rid of the prompt set it to something trivial (i.e. "PS1=\w$ ")