getting fatal error trying to open git gui

I just installed git for windows 10 and am getting "git-gui: fatal error" "Cannot parse Git version string.

When I execute "git version" in the command prompt I get Git version 2.16.2.windows.1

Everything else seems to be working. How can I get the gui to work?

John

Hi,

Briggs, John wrote:

That's strange indeed. Why is Git capitalized when you run "git version"?

Thanks, Jonathan

Got it figured out. Git gui must be ran as administrator.

John

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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> 
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2018 1:58 PM
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Subject: Re: getting fatal error trying to open git gui

Hi,

Briggs, John wrote:

That's strange indeed.  Why is Git capitalized when you run "git version"?

Thanks, Jonathan

Briggs, John wrote:

Hm, that leaves me even more mystified.

Before v1.7.4-rc0~155^2~4 (git-gui: generic version trimming, 2010-10-07), git-gui was not able to handle "git version" output like "git version 2.16.2.windows.1", but since then, it should have been able to cope fine with it.

I wonder: do you have multiple versions of git gui installed?

Thanks, Jonathan

No, it was a fresh install.  Plus file search reveals only one copy of the file.

I also noticed that I cannot use the file properties to run as administrator. I must right-click on Git GUI and select "More >> Run as administrator" in the start menu. Even though I have "run as administrator" checked on both shortcut and the program (or any combo of).

John

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Subject: Re: getting fatal error trying to open git gui

Briggs, John wrote:

Hm, that leaves me even more mystified.

Before v1.7.4-rc0~155^2~4 (git-gui: generic version trimming, 2010-10-07), git-gui was not able to handle "git version" output like "git version 2.16.2.windows.1", but since then, it should have been able to cope fine with it.

I wonder: do you have multiple versions of git gui installed?

Thanks, Jonathan

On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 2:01 PM, Briggs, John <JOHN.BRIGGS@aei.com> wrote:

You definitely shouldn't need to run it as an administrator at all. I have the same version installed:

$ git version git version 2.16.2.windows.1

Running Git GUI from the Start menu, it starts without a UAC prompt (which means it's not running as Administrator) and runs without issue. Starting it from a non-escalated command prompt via "git gui" also does not have a UAC prompt and runs without issue.

Seems like there must be something more going on. What options did you select during installation? What installer did you use?

Bryan

I used Git-2.16.2-64-bit.exe to install. I used all defaults except for editor, where I chose Notpad++.

John

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Sent: Friday, March 16, 2018 3:22 PM
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Subject: Re: getting fatal error trying to open git gui

On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 2:01 PM, Briggs, John <JOHN.BRIGGS@aei.com> wrote:

You definitely shouldn't need to run it as an administrator at all. I have the same version installed:

$ git version git version 2.16.2.windows.1

Running Git GUI from the Start menu, it starts without a UAC prompt (which means it's not running as Administrator) and runs without issue. Starting it from a non-escalated command prompt via "git gui" also does not have a UAC prompt and runs without issue.

Seems like there must be something more going on. What options did you select during installation? What installer did you use?

Bryan

Hi John,

On Mon, 19 Mar 2018, Briggs, John wrote:

If your Git GUI mentions something funny about the version string when run as normal user, but not when run as administrator, I do suspect some sort of PATH problem.

Would you mind filling out a full bug report at https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/new?

Ciao, Johannes