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Git installer bugs

Subject: Git installer bugs

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3 messages between May 30, 2018 and May 31, 2018.

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John Meyer· May 30, 2018, 19:48 UTC · lore

Ran the installer, selected the option to not modify the path & the path was modified anyway... it removed git from the path (it was there from a prior install).  I should NOT have to manually fix my path after an update, even the option to add git to the path should be smart enough to recognize it's there already & leave the path unmodified (sorry, I know that's 2 different bugs in 1 email, but they are related).

John Meyer Technical Lead, ZeroChaos jmeyer@zerochaos.com

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Stefan Beller· May 30, 2018, 19:55 UTC · re: John Meyer · lore

Re: Git installer bugs

On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 12:48 PM, John Meyer <jmeyer@zerochaos.com> wrote:

> Ran the installer, selected the option to not modify the path & the path was modified anyway... it removed git from the path (it was there from a prior install).  I should NOT have to manually fix my path after an update, even the option to add git to the path should be smart enough to recognize it's there already & leave the path unmodified (sorry, I know that's 2 different bugs in 1 email, but they are related).

Are you talking about Git for Windows? Please file a bug at https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/new

Johannes Schindelin· May 31, 2018, 12:10 UTC · re: Stefan Beller · lore

Re: Git installer bugs

Hi Stefan,

just to close the loop:

On Wed, 30 May 2018, Stefan Beller wrote:

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> On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 12:48 PM, John Meyer <jmeyer@zerochaos.com> wrote:
> > Ran the installer, selected the option to not modify the path & the path was modified anyway... it removed git from the path (it was there from a prior install).  I should NOT have to manually fix my path after an update, even the option to add git to the path should be smart enough to recognize it's there already & leave the path unmodified (sorry, I know that's 2 different bugs in 1 email, but they are related).
> 
> Are you talking about Git for Windows?
> Please file a bug at https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/new

I filed it: https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1696

Ciao, Johannes