# RE: mintty bug in current git bash (Git-2.42.0.2-64-bit.exe) 2 messages from 2023-11-03 to 2023-11-03. Participants: Rudisill, Steven L. (Booz Allen Hamilton), Andy Koppe. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/60465 ## Rudisill, Steven L. (Booz Allen Hamilton), 2023-11-03 14:10 Subject: RE: mintty bug in current git bash (Git-2.42.0.2-64-bit.exe) Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/SJ0PR09MB99693718DDA17BC15532A3099CA5A%40SJ0PR09MB9969.namprd09.prod.outlook.com In-Reply-To: ``` 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, 2023-11-03 14:58 Subject: Re: mintty bug in current git bash (Git-2.42.0.2-64-bit.exe) Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAHWeT-Z--gefA561v8i3Ff4EmfJbMasG3WPTHs7_YwCo0H03BA%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` On Fri, 3 Nov 2023 at 14:11, Rudisill, Steven L. (Booz Allen Hamilton) wrote: > 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 ```