# getting fatal error trying to open git gui 8 messages from 2018-03-16 to 2018-03-19. Participants: Briggs, John, Jonathan Nieder, Bryan Turner, Johannes Schindelin. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/48058 ## Briggs, John, 2018-03-16 19:03 Subject: getting fatal error trying to open git gui Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CY4PR02MB22621DE7751427686029C1B3FFD70%40CY4PR02MB2262.namprd02.prod.outlook.com ``` 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 ``` ## Jonathan Nieder, 2018-03-16 19:57 Subject: Re: getting fatal error trying to open git gui Message-ID: <20180316195756.GA151588@aiede.svl.corp.google.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20180316195756.GA151588%40aiede.svl.corp.google.com In-Reply-To: ``` Hi, Briggs, John wrote: > 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? That's strange indeed. Why is Git capitalized when you run "git version"? Thanks, Jonathan ``` ## Briggs, John, 2018-03-16 20:24 Subject: RE: getting fatal error trying to open git gui Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CY4PR02MB2262A567EE2D2A54316BFE3FFFD70%40CY4PR02MB2262.namprd02.prod.outlook.com In-Reply-To: <20180316195756.GA151588@aiede.svl.corp.google.com> ``` Got it figured out. Git gui must be ran as administrator. John -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Nieder Sent: Friday, March 16, 2018 1:58 PM To: Briggs, John Cc: git@vger.kernel.org; git-for-windows@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: getting fatal error trying to open git gui Hi, Briggs, John wrote: > 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? That's strange indeed. Why is Git capitalized when you run "git version"? Thanks, Jonathan ``` ## Jonathan Nieder, 2018-03-16 20:52 Subject: Re: getting fatal error trying to open git gui Message-ID: <20180316205243.GB151588@aiede.svl.corp.google.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20180316205243.GB151588%40aiede.svl.corp.google.com In-Reply-To: ``` Briggs, John wrote: > Jonathan Nieder wrote: >> Briggs, John wrote: >>> 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? >> >> That's strange indeed. Why is Git capitalized when you run "git version"? > > Got it figured out. Git gui must be ran as administrator. 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 ``` ## Briggs, John, 2018-03-16 21:01 Subject: RE: getting fatal error trying to open git gui Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CY4PR02MB2262A382E033B50B3800A69CFFD70%40CY4PR02MB2262.namprd02.prod.outlook.com In-Reply-To: <20180316205243.GB151588@aiede.svl.corp.google.com> ``` 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 -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Nieder Sent: Friday, March 16, 2018 2:53 PM To: Briggs, John Cc: git@vger.kernel.org; git-for-windows@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: getting fatal error trying to open git gui Briggs, John wrote: > Jonathan Nieder wrote: >> Briggs, John wrote: >>> 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? >> >> That's strange indeed. Why is Git capitalized when you run "git version"? > > Got it figured out. Git gui must be ran as administrator. 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 ``` ## Bryan Turner, 2018-03-16 21:21 Subject: Re: getting fatal error trying to open git gui Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAGyf7-HmO_URV3kuB2t%3DPJ7Wf%3Dt9UjAOYbpCLkUNiDPGQ7ca-g%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 2:01 PM, Briggs, John wrote: > 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). 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 ``` ## Briggs, John, 2018-03-19 12:56 Subject: RE: getting fatal error trying to open git gui Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CY4PR02MB22621A5F713D150BCF4BDE71FFD40%40CY4PR02MB2262.namprd02.prod.outlook.com In-Reply-To: ``` I used Git-2.16.2-64-bit.exe to install. I used all defaults except for editor, where I chose Notpad++. John -----Original Message----- From: Bryan Turner Sent: Friday, March 16, 2018 3:22 PM To: Briggs, John Cc: Jonathan Nieder ; git@vger.kernel.org; git-for-windows@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: getting fatal error trying to open git gui On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 2:01 PM, Briggs, John wrote: > 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). 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 ``` ## Johannes Schindelin, 2018-03-19 14:13 Subject: RE: getting fatal error trying to open git gui Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1803191512120.55%40ZVAVAG-6OXH6DA.rhebcr.pbec.zvpebfbsg.pbz In-Reply-To: ``` Hi John, On Mon, 19 Mar 2018, Briggs, John wrote: > I used Git-2.16.2-64-bit.exe to install. I used all defaults except for > editor, where I chose Notpad++. 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 ```