RE: mintty bug in current git bash (Git-2.42.0.2-64-bit.exe)

Rudisill, Steven L. (Booz Allen Hamilton)· Nov 3, 2023, 14:10 UTC · lore

Hi git,

Mintty has a bug - when double-clicking on text, the preceding '~' or '.' is not selected. https://github.com/mintty/mintty/issues/1237

This really slows down interacting in git bash because this is a very frequent console interaction: Double-clicking to select a path (which copies it to the paste buffer since the text is highlighted), then easily paste to manipulate text. The pasted text is omitting the preceding '~' or '.' character.

Please release a new git bash version that uses the updated mintty with the fix for this bug. The issue link above indicates that this is a bug and has been fixed. Further, it might be nice if git bash had an update feature?

Regards, Steven

Andy Koppe· Nov 3, 2023, 14:58 UTC · re: Rudisill, Steven L. (Booz Allen Hamilton) · lore

Re: mintty bug in current git bash (Git-2.42.0.2-64-bit.exe)

On Fri, 3 Nov 2023 at 14:11, Rudisill, Steven L. (Booz Allen Hamilton) wrote:

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> Mintty has a bug - when double-clicking on text, the preceding '~' or '.' is not selected.
> https://github.com/mintty/mintty/issues/1237
>
> This really slows down interacting in git bash because this is a very frequent console interaction:
> Double-clicking to select a path (which copies it to the paste buffer since the text is highlighted), then easily paste to manipulate text.
> The pasted text is omitting the preceding '~' or '.' character.
>
> Please release a new git bash version that uses the updated mintty with the fix for this bug. The issue link above indicates that this is a bug and has been fixed.

This is fixed in mintty 3.6.5, which is part of the Git for Windows 2.43.0 release candidate announced earlier today:

https://lore.kernel.org/git/20231103085526.3655-1-johannes.schindelin@gmx.de

Regards, Andy