# Context Menu is missing

7 messages from 2016-09-06 to 2016-09-06. Participants: Idan Shimoni, stefan.naewe@atlas-elektronik.com, Johannes Schindelin.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/44018

## Idan Shimoni, 2016-09-06 07:12

Subject: Context Menu is missing
Message-ID: <CAFfNYUmMdamkW=Ca-iRDJ35ucr=S8A_qLTmjoD5j1M_ohdCgSg@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAFfNYUmMdamkW%3DCa-iRDJ35ucr%3DS8A_qLTmjoD5j1M_ohdCgSg%40mail.gmail.com

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Hi,

The last install removed the old good context menu I used to work with.

Is that on purpose or is it a bug? is there any way to get it back?

-- 
-Best
Idan

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## stefan.naewe@atlas-elektronik.com, 2016-09-06 07:23

Subject: Re: Context Menu is missing
Message-ID: <dd6180a8-8719-e87b-26c1-e73d43167f84@atlas-elektronik.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/dd6180a8-8719-e87b-26c1-e73d43167f84%40atlas-elektronik.com
In-Reply-To: <CAFfNYUmMdamkW=Ca-iRDJ35ucr=S8A_qLTmjoD5j1M_ohdCgSg@mail.gmail.com>

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Am 06.09.2016 um 09:12 schrieb Idan Shimoni:
> Hi,
> 
> The last install removed the old good context menu I used to work with.
> 
> Is that on purpose or is it a bug? is there any way to get it back?
> 

You're working on a Cray system using git 1.3.2, right ?

SCNR
-- 
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/dev/random says: I'd explain it to you, but your brain would explode.
python -c "print '73746566616e2e6e616577654061746c61732d656c656b74726f6e696b2e636f6d'.decode('hex')" 
GPG Key fingerprint = 2DF5 E01B 09C3 7501 BCA9  9666 829B 49C5 9221 27AF
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## stefan.naewe@atlas-elektronik.com, 2016-09-06 07:33

Subject: Re: Context Menu is missing
Message-ID: <939e5f85-341e-cca5-a818-0e8a43f7a88b@atlas-elektronik.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/939e5f85-341e-cca5-a818-0e8a43f7a88b%40atlas-elektronik.com
In-Reply-To: <CAFfNYUk4QWii7AyG7u2B8G-JGT1Dn0OTopM=FTgaA7DBjYPhfA@mail.gmail.com>

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(Please don't top post and do "reply all")

Am 06.09.2016 um 09:28 schrieb Idan Shimoni:
> 
> On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 10:23 AM,  <stefan.naewe@atlas-elektronik.com> wrote:
>> Am 06.09.2016 um 09:12 schrieb Idan Shimoni:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> The last install removed the old good context menu I used to work with.
>>>
>>> Is that on purpose or is it a bug? is there any way to get it back?
>>>
>>
>> You're working on a Cray system using git 1.3.2, right ?

> No,
> Windows 7 64Bit
> Version: 2.9.3.windows.2


Really? That's good to know.

Would it be OK to ask you to tell us what exactly you did and which
context menu is gone, or shall I guess again?


-- 
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/dev/random says: A few cans short of a six pack, Six short.
python -c "print '73746566616e2e6e616577654061746c61732d656c656b74726f6e696b2e636f6d'.decode('hex')" 
GPG Key fingerprint = 2DF5 E01B 09C3 7501 BCA9  9666 829B 49C5 9221 27AF
```

## stefan.naewe@atlas-elektronik.com, 2016-09-06 07:54

Subject: Re: Context Menu is missing
Message-ID: <89b6f6a2-a793-011b-7351-581be0ee8128@atlas-elektronik.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/89b6f6a2-a793-011b-7351-581be0ee8128%40atlas-elektronik.com
In-Reply-To: <CAFfNYUmBaydosF8vYwfj1+px3uUfiH4F=jgdCYBdzEw3-5FUGQ@mail.gmail.com>

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(Please, please, please, use "reply all" in your mail reader i.e. make sure you don't
remove 'git@vger.kernel.org' from the "To:" or "CC:" field. Thank you!)

Am 06.09.2016 um 09:47 schrieb Idan Shimoni:
> On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 10:33 AM,  <stefan.naewe@atlas-elektronik.com> wrote:
>> (Please don't top post and do "reply all")
>>
> I tried but you are receiving only plain text emails.
> anyway...

??? ECANNOTUNDERSTAND

Read about top-posting here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Top-posting
 
> I reinstalled windows on my computer and then installed Git version
> 2.9.3 for windows.
> And the context menu were missing.

In the explorer, I guess ?

> I am talking about the one that you had:
> - Git History
> - Git Branch
>    - branch_1
>    - branch_2
> ....

Git for windows *doesn't* install that.

> Git GUI and Git Bash are still there...

Git for windows *does* install that.

Maybe you had TortoiseGit installed before (just a wild guess, though)

Stefan
-- 
----------------------------------------------------------------
/dev/random says: Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something.
python -c "print '73746566616e2e6e616577654061746c61732d656c656b74726f6e696b2e636f6d'.decode('hex')" 
GPG Key fingerprint = 2DF5 E01B 09C3 7501 BCA9  9666 829B 49C5 9221 27AF
```

## stefan.naewe@atlas-elektronik.com, 2016-09-06 08:20

Subject: Re: Context Menu is missing
Message-ID: <50fc49a6-68a2-040b-beb1-feb162c458d2@atlas-elektronik.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/50fc49a6-68a2-040b-beb1-feb162c458d2%40atlas-elektronik.com
In-Reply-To: <CAFfNYUkUpaCo8uYv=fofPRyCgg7db4M2fh7BJRc4WCHZdbxvsw@mail.gmail.com>

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(and s/he did it again....hitting "reply all" seems really complicated)

Am 06.09.2016 um 10:07 schrieb Idan Shimoni:
> it is part of git cheetah plugin not tortoise.
> But it was part of the git installer for windows, I did not installed
> anything else before.
> 
> On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 10:54 AM,  <stefan.naewe@atlas-elektronik.com> wrote:
>> (Please, please, please, use "reply all" in your mail reader i.e. make sure you don't
>> remove 'git@vger.kernel.org' from the "To:" or "CC:" field. Thank you!)
>>
>> Am 06.09.2016 um 09:47 schrieb Idan Shimoni:
>>> On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 10:33 AM,  <stefan.naewe@atlas-elektronik.com> wrote:
>>>> (Please don't top post and do "reply all")
>>>>
>>> I tried but you are receiving only plain text emails.
>>> anyway...
>>
>> ??? ECANNOTUNDERSTAND
>>
>> Read about top-posting here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Top-posting
>>
>>> I reinstalled windows on my computer and then installed Git version
>>> 2.9.3 for windows.
>>> And the context menu were missing.
>>
>> In the explorer, I guess ?
>>
>>> I am talking about the one that you had:
>>> - Git History
>>> - Git Branch
>>>    - branch_1
>>>    - branch_2
>>> ....
>>
>> Git for windows *doesn't* install that.
>>
>>> Git GUI and Git Bash are still there...
>>
>> Git for windows *does* install that.
>>
>> Maybe you had TortoiseGit installed before (just a wild guess, though)
>>
>> Stefan
>> --
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>> /dev/random says: Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something.
>> python -c "print '73746566616e2e6e616577654061746c61732d656c656b74726f6e696b2e636f6d'.decode('hex')"
>> GPG Key fingerprint = 2DF5 E01B 09C3 7501 BCA9  9666 829B 49C5 9221 27AF
> 
> 
> 


-- 
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/dev/random says: Give instruction to a wise man and he will be yet wiser.
python -c "print '73746566616e2e6e616577654061746c61732d656c656b74726f6e696b2e636f6d'.decode('hex')" 
GPG Key fingerprint = 2DF5 E01B 09C3 7501 BCA9  9666 829B 49C5 9221 27AF
```

## Idan Shimoni, 2016-09-06 08:23

Subject: Re: Context Menu is missing
Message-ID: <CAFfNYUmH4-Em++kJzdd-V8sDU-OrWp5Qy8kqMtfD7UmaQABg5Q@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAFfNYUmH4-Em%2B%2BkJzdd-V8sDU-OrWp5Qy8kqMtfD7UmaQABg5Q%40mail.gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <50fc49a6-68a2-040b-beb1-feb162c458d2@atlas-elektronik.com>

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???

On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 11:20 AM,  <stefan.naewe@atlas-elektronik.com> wrote:
> (and s/he did it again....hitting "reply all" seems really complicated)
>
> Am 06.09.2016 um 10:07 schrieb Idan Shimoni:
>> it is part of git cheetah plugin not tortoise.
>> But it was part of the git installer for windows, I did not installed
>> anything else before.
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 10:54 AM,  <stefan.naewe@atlas-elektronik.com> wrote:
>>> (Please, please, please, use "reply all" in your mail reader i.e. make sure you don't
>>> remove 'git@vger.kernel.org' from the "To:" or "CC:" field. Thank you!)
>>>
>>> Am 06.09.2016 um 09:47 schrieb Idan Shimoni:
>>>> On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 10:33 AM,  <stefan.naewe@atlas-elektronik.com> wrote:
>>>>> (Please don't top post and do "reply all")
>>>>>
>>>> I tried but you are receiving only plain text emails.
>>>> anyway...
>>>
>>> ??? ECANNOTUNDERSTAND
>>>
>>> Read about top-posting here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Top-posting
>>>
>>>> I reinstalled windows on my computer and then installed Git version
>>>> 2.9.3 for windows.
>>>> And the context menu were missing.
>>>
>>> In the explorer, I guess ?
>>>
>>>> I am talking about the one that you had:
>>>> - Git History
>>>> - Git Branch
>>>>    - branch_1
>>>>    - branch_2
>>>> ....
>>>
>>> Git for windows *doesn't* install that.
>>>
>>>> Git GUI and Git Bash are still there...
>>>
>>> Git for windows *does* install that.
>>>
>>> Maybe you had TortoiseGit installed before (just a wild guess, though)
>>>
>>> Stefan
>>> --
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>>> /dev/random says: Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something.
>>> python -c "print '73746566616e2e6e616577654061746c61732d656c656b74726f6e696b2e636f6d'.decode('hex')"
>>> GPG Key fingerprint = 2DF5 E01B 09C3 7501 BCA9  9666 829B 49C5 9221 27AF
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> /dev/random says: Give instruction to a wise man and he will be yet wiser.
> python -c "print '73746566616e2e6e616577654061746c61732d656c656b74726f6e696b2e636f6d'.decode('hex')"
> GPG Key fingerprint = 2DF5 E01B 09C3 7501 BCA9  9666 829B 49C5 9221 27AF



-- 
-Best
Idan

```

## Johannes Schindelin, 2016-09-06 11:59

Subject: Re: Context Menu is missing
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1609061352040.129229@virtualbox>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/alpine.DEB.2.20.1609061352040.129229%40virtualbox
In-Reply-To: <CAFfNYUmH4-Em++kJzdd-V8sDU-OrWp5Qy8kqMtfD7UmaQABg5Q@mail.gmail.com>

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Hi Idan,

On Tue, 6 Sep 2016, Idan Shimoni wrote:

> ???

Please understand that you continue to annoy Stefan, who is only trying to
help you, by adding your replies *above* the quoted email. This is called
top-posting and considered very, very rude on this mailing list.

Also, your replies are very succinct, to the point of being incomplete. So
Stefan required a couple of back-and-forths until he finally found out
what your problem is. You could have volunteered more information (as you
did in the issue https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/875 that
you opened in the correct place: you mentioned the Windows version as well
as the Git version, although the answer to which options were chosen
("All") was most likely incorrect, because you have to decide e.g. whether
you want CR/LF line endings, LF line endings, or the same line endings as
are stored in the Git repositories, you cannot choose all of them at the
same time).

Unfortunately, the information given in that ticket is still too succinct:
it does not mention from which version you upgraded. You force us, once
again, to guess. My guess is: Git for Windows 1.9.5.

So now to your real question, which is: why is Git Cheetah no longer
bundled with Git for Windows 2.x?

The answer to that is easy: it was too cumbersome to maintain, there have
been almost no contributions, and most users chose to opt for TortoiseGit
or GitExternals (both of which are much, much larger than Git Cheetah, but
at the same time they happen to be maintained).

So there you go.

Next time you report a bug, please spend a little more time on the bug
report. It would certainly be appreciated by the people you ask to help
you.

Ciao,
Johannes

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