# Hanging "git mv" on Windows bug report 4 messages from 2015-05-18 to 2015-05-19. Participants: Yuval Greenfield, Johannes Schindelin. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/39350 ## Yuval Greenfield, 2015-05-18 06:50 Subject: Hanging "git mv" on Windows bug report Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CANSw7Kw7A_kn6yue9TnvGSO9dFzvX8AUZkn0W98Euf384CbnFA%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hi git, Here is the command sequence that causes git to stop responding: mkdir mynewthing cd mynewthing git init mkdir abc touch abc/myfile git add abc/myfile git commit -a -m "whatever" git mv abc tmp git mv tmp Abc I wanted to change the case of a committed folder. Since windows is case insensitive that's a bit harder. Perhaps with this version it's impossible? Here's my git bash banner - "Welcome to Git (version 1.9.5-preview20141217)". I'm on Windows 8.1 Pro. Cheers, Yuval ``` ## Johannes Schindelin, 2015-05-19 13:41 Subject: Re: Hanging "git mv" on Windows bug report Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/b4a67dd0e303e009a02055e2cb8785d5%40www.dscho.org In-Reply-To: ``` Hi Yuval, On 2015-05-18 08:50, Yuval Greenfield wrote: > Here is the command sequence that causes git to stop responding: > > mkdir mynewthing > cd mynewthing > git init > mkdir abc > touch abc/myfile > git add abc/myfile > git commit -a -m "whatever" > git mv abc tmp > git mv tmp Abc > > I wanted to change the case of a committed folder. Since windows is > case insensitive that's a bit harder. Perhaps with this version it's > impossible? > > Here's my git bash banner - "Welcome to Git (version > 1.9.5-preview20141217)". I'm on Windows 8.1 Pro. I just tried this with Git for Windows 2.4.1.1 (developers' preview) from https://git-for-windows.github.io/ and it did not hang here (currently on a Windows 7 box). Could you try that and see whether it works for you? Ciao, Johannes ``` ## Yuval Greenfield, 2015-05-19 17:11 Subject: Re: Hanging "git mv" on Windows bug report Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CANSw7KxvG29k28jp8Aq2ZeeNr2i%3DmWuirC6Ypno%3D_JXs7%2BTPqg%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` > $ git mv tmp Abc > fatal: bad source, source=tmp/myfile, destination=Abc/myfile It works. Thanks. I'd say this page at https://git-scm.com/download/win should point to https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases but sadly I don't have time to give you guys a pull request. https://github.com/git/git-scm.com/issues/537 Cheers and thanks, Yuval On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 6:41 AM, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Hi Yuval, > > On 2015-05-18 08:50, Yuval Greenfield wrote: > >> Here is the command sequence that causes git to stop responding: >> >> mkdir mynewthing >> cd mynewthing >> git init >> mkdir abc >> touch abc/myfile >> git add abc/myfile >> git commit -a -m "whatever" >> git mv abc tmp >> git mv tmp Abc >> >> I wanted to change the case of a committed folder. Since windows is >> case insensitive that's a bit harder. Perhaps with this version it's >> impossible? >> >> Here's my git bash banner - "Welcome to Git (version >> 1.9.5-preview20141217)". I'm on Windows 8.1 Pro. > > I just tried this with Git for Windows 2.4.1.1 (developers' preview) from https://git-for-windows.github.io/ and it did not hang here (currently on a Windows 7 box). Could you try that and see whether it works for you? > > Ciao, > Johannes ``` ## Johannes Schindelin, 2015-05-19 19:19 Subject: Re: Hanging "git mv" on Windows bug report Message-ID: <982e5f6d4194acbb35ffcd5ea8834957@www.dscho.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/982e5f6d4194acbb35ffcd5ea8834957%40www.dscho.org In-Reply-To: ``` Hi Yuval, On 2015-05-19 19:11, Yuval Greenfield wrote: >> $ git mv tmp Abc >> fatal: bad source, source=tmp/myfile, destination=Abc/myfile > > It works. Thanks. > > I'd say this page at https://git-scm.com/download/win should point to > https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases but sadly I don't have > time to give you guys a pull request. It is not ready yet. I did say "developers' preview", after all. Ciao, Johannes ```