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Cannot set the commit-message editor

Subject: Cannot set the commit-message editor

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4 messages between Nov 21, 2014 and Nov 21, 2014.

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Fahad Ashfaque· Nov 21, 2014, 15:57 UTC · lore

I have downloaded the latest git from git-scm on my windows machine.

I am using git on windows, I am having trouble trying to get notepad++ as my commit message editor.

I have created a shell script called npp.sh which has the following content

/c/Program\ Files\ $x86$/Notepad++/notepad++.exe -multiInst -nosession -noPlugin $1

I figured this is how paths are accepted in git-bash

Now I configured core.editor this way

git config --global core.editor /c/path/to/npp.sh

when I try to commit, using the following command

git commit

I get the following error $ git commit error: cannot spawn c:/path/to/npp.sh: No such file or directory error: unable to start editor 'c:/dev/tools/cmd/npp.sh' Please supply the message using either -m or -F option.

when I run the following command

ls c:/

I get the directory for my repository's root, not C drive's root

When I run the following command through git-bash

/c/path/to/npp.sh

It works

but when git commit invokes, it does not.

Here is more of what I found

when 'git commit' launches npp.sh, it changes /c/path/to/npp.sh to c:/path/to/npp.sh

c:/ is not the root of my C drive according to git-bash, c:/ is root of my repository because when I run 'ls c:/' I get files from root of my repository.

so may be if 'git commit' does not change /c/path/to/npp.sh to c:/path/to/npp.sh, it would work... Or if git-bash does not mount c:/ to /c/path/to/myrepository and keep it to /c it would work too.

Please let me know if you need more info on this

Thanks

Fahad

Philip Oakley· Nov 21, 2014, 17:33 UTC · re: Fahad Ashfaque · lore

Re: Cannot set the commit-message editor

From: "Fahad Ashfaque" <fahadash-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>

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>I have downloaded the latest git from git-scm on my windows machine.
>
> I am using git on windows, I am having trouble trying to get notepad++
> as my commit message editor.
>
> I have created a shell script called npp.sh which has the following 
> content
>
> /c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Notepad++/notepad++.exe -multiInst
> -nosession -noPlugin $1
>
>
> I figured this is how paths are accepted in git-bash
>
> Now I configured core.editor this way
>
> git config --global core.editor /c/path/to/npp.sh
>

I simply have (from 'git config -l'): core.editor='C:/Program Files/Notepad++/notepad++.exe' -multiInst -notabbar -nosession -noplugin

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>
> when I try to commit, using the following command
>
> git commit
>
> I get the following error
> $ git commit
> error: cannot spawn c:/path/to/npp.sh: No such file or directory
> error: unable to start editor 'c:/dev/tools/cmd/npp.sh'
> Please supply the message using either -m or -F option.
>
> when I run the following command
>
> ls c:/
>
> I get the directory for my repository's root, not C drive's root
>
> When I run the following command through git-bash
>
> /c/path/to/npp.sh
>
> It works
>
> but when git commit invokes, it does not.
>
> Here is more of what I found
>
> when 'git commit' launches npp.sh, it changes /c/path/to/npp.sh to
> c:/path/to/npp.sh
>
> c:/ is not the root of my C drive according to git-bash,

Correct. The "Linux" bash is rooted, _usually_, at the base of your personal 'c:/documents and settings' (or whatever on your Windows version), with the MS drives under /c/ and /d/ etc. i.e. a load of virtualisation.

use 'pwd -W' to get the true (Windows) path of your current/present working directory. (I had to ask just a few days ago ;-)

> c:/ is root
> of my repository because when I run 'ls c:/' I get files from root of
> my repository.

I wouldn't have expected that to play nice (confusion between windows and linux path styles).

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>
> so may be if 'git commit' does not change /c/path/to/npp.sh to
> c:/path/to/npp.sh, it would work... Or if git-bash does not mount c:/
> to /c/path/to/myrepository and keep it to /c it would work too.
>
> Please let me know if you need more info on this

I've also copied in the Git user / Git for Human beings list (for reference) which can be useful for Windows based issues.

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>
> Thanks
>
> Fahad
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Fahad Ashfaque· Nov 21, 2014, 19:51 UTC · re: Philip Oakley · lore

Re: Cannot set the commit-message editor

still don't get it.

I run /c/path/to/npp.sh just fine,.... Its only 'git commit' that is teleporting me to a different world. So there is NO way I can refer to folders outside of my repository in a shell script when it is used in a config param ?

I will try setting the core.editor to the value you suggested.

On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 12:48 PM, Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> wrote:

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> From: "Fahad Ashfaque" <fahadash@gmail.com>
>>
>> I have downloaded the latest git from git-scm on my windows machine.
>>
>> I am using git on windows, I am having trouble trying to get notepad++
>> as my commit message editor.
>>
>> I have created a shell script called npp.sh which has the following
>> content
>>
>> /c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Notepad++/notepad++.exe -multiInst
>> -nosession -noPlugin $1
>>
>>
>> I figured this is how paths are accepted in git-bash
>>
>> Now I configured core.editor this way
>>
>> git config --global core.editor /c/path/to/npp.sh
>>
>
> I simply have (from 'git config -l'):
> core.editor='C:/Program Files/Notepad++/notepad++.exe' -multiInst -notabbar
> -nosession -noplugin
>
>>
>> when I try to commit, using the following command
>>
>> git commit
>>
>> I get the following error
>> $ git commit
>> error: cannot spawn c:/path/to/npp.sh: No such file or directory
>> error: unable to start editor 'c:/dev/tools/cmd/npp.sh'
>> Please supply the message using either -m or -F option.
>>
>> when I run the following command
>>
>> ls c:/
>>
>> I get the directory for my repository's root, not C drive's root
>>
>> When I run the following command through git-bash
>>
>> /c/path/to/npp.sh
>>
>> It works
>>
>> but when git commit invokes, it does not.
>>
>> Here is more of what I found
>>
>> when 'git commit' launches npp.sh, it changes /c/path/to/npp.sh to
>> c:/path/to/npp.sh
>>
>> c:/ is not the root of my C drive according to git-bash,
>
> Correct. The "Linux" bash is rooted, _usually_, at the base of your personal
> 'c:/documents and settings' (or whatever on your Windows version), with the
> MS drives under /c/ and /d/ etc. i.e. a load of virtualisation.
>
> use 'pwd -W' to get the true (Windows) path of your current/present working
> directory. (I had to ask just a few days ago ;-)
>
>> c:/ is root
>> of my repository because when I run 'ls c:/' I get files from root of
>> my repository.
>
> I wouldn't have expected that to play nice (confusion between windows and
> linux path styles).
>
>>
>> so may be if 'git commit' does not change /c/path/to/npp.sh to
>> c:/path/to/npp.sh, it would work... Or if git-bash does not mount c:/
>> to /c/path/to/myrepository and keep it to /c it would work too.
>>
>> Please let me know if you need more info on this
>
>
> I've also copied in the Git user / Git for Human beings list (for reference)
> which can be useful for Windows based issues.
>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Fahad
>> --
>
>

Philip Oakley· Nov 21, 2014, 19:57 UTC · re: Fahad Ashfaque · lore

Re: Cannot set the commit-message editor

From: "Fahad Ashfaque" <fahadash-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>

> still don't get it.
>

Do check each instance of bash separately. Each can have a different virtual root.

I was caught by this just last week on Msysgit (the msys.bat) where that has a different base address to the Git bash version in "C:\program files". https://groups.google.com/d/msg/msysgit/prLaAOCF9Ig/l1zRsYfVrqwJ

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> I run /c/path/to/npp.sh just fine,.... Its only 'git commit' that is
> teleporting me to a different world. So there is NO way I can refer to
> folders outside of my repository in a shell script when it is used in
> a config param ?
>
> I will try setting the core.editor to the value you suggested.
>
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 12:48 PM, Philip Oakley <philipoakley-7KbaBNvhQFM@public.gmane.org> 
> wrote:
>> From: "Fahad Ashfaque" <fahadash-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
>>>
>>> I have downloaded the latest git from git-scm on my windows machine.
>>>
>>> I am using git on windows, I am having trouble trying to get 
>>> notepad++
>>> as my commit message editor.
>>>
>>> I have created a shell script called npp.sh which has the following
>>> content
>>>
>>> /c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Notepad++/notepad++.exe -multiInst
>>> -nosession -noPlugin $1
>>>
>>>
>>> I figured this is how paths are accepted in git-bash
>>>
>>> Now I configured core.editor this way
>>>
>>> git config --global core.editor /c/path/to/npp.sh
>>>
>>
>> I simply have (from 'git config -l'):
>> core.editor='C:/Program 
>> Files/Notepad++/notepad++.exe' -multiInst -notabbar
>> -nosession -noplugin
>>
>>>
>>> when I try to commit, using the following command
>>>
>>> git commit
>>>
>>> I get the following error
>>> $ git commit
>>> error: cannot spawn c:/path/to/npp.sh: No such file or directory
>>> error: unable to start editor 'c:/dev/tools/cmd/npp.sh'
>>> Please supply the message using either -m or -F option.
>>>
>>> when I run the following command
>>>
>>> ls c:/
>>>
>>> I get the directory for my repository's root, not C drive's root
>>>
>>> When I run the following command through git-bash
>>>
>>> /c/path/to/npp.sh
>>>
>>> It works
>>>
>>> but when git commit invokes, it does not.
>>>
>>> Here is more of what I found
>>>
>>> when 'git commit' launches npp.sh, it changes /c/path/to/npp.sh to
>>> c:/path/to/npp.sh
>>>
>>> c:/ is not the root of my C drive according to git-bash,
>>
>> Correct. The "Linux" bash is rooted, _usually_, at the base of your 
>> personal
>> 'c:/documents and settings' (or whatever on your Windows version), 
>> with the
>> MS drives under /c/ and /d/ etc. i.e. a load of virtualisation.
>>
>> use 'pwd -W' to get the true (Windows) path of your current/present 
>> working
>> directory. (I had to ask just a few days ago ;-)
>>
>>> c:/ is root
>>> of my repository because when I run 'ls c:/' I get files from root 
>>> of
>>> my repository.
>>
>> I wouldn't have expected that to play nice (confusion between windows 
>> and
>> linux path styles).
>>
>>>
>>> so may be if 'git commit' does not change /c/path/to/npp.sh to
>>> c:/path/to/npp.sh, it would work... Or if git-bash does not mount 
>>> c:/
>>> to /c/path/to/myrepository and keep it to /c it would work too.
>>>
>>> Please let me know if you need more info on this
>>
>>
>> I've also copied in the Git user / Git for Human beings list (for 
>> reference)
>> which can be useful for Windows based issues.
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Fahad
>>> --
>>
>>
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