From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp-out-no.shaw.ca (smtp-out-no.shaw.ca [64.59.134.13]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6EE963860C35 for ; Tue, 10 Nov 2020 16:13:08 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 6EE963860C35 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=SystematicSw.ab.ca Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=brian.inglis@systematicsw.ab.ca Received: from [192.168.1.104] ([24.64.172.44]) by shaw.ca with ESMTP id cWGYkgD7EtdldcWGZkLqUW; Tue, 10 Nov 2020 09:13:07 -0700 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=INe8tijG c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=5faabc13 a=kiZT5GMN3KAWqtYcXc+/4Q==:117 a=kiZT5GMN3KAWqtYcXc+/4Q==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=w_pzkKWiAAAA:8 a=uYT-Tk0qkVT609LjNaIA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=sRI3_1zDfAgwuvI8zelB:22 Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Git shows nothing in cmd.exe To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <7f84cfbe25454067bc2841a83306f7de@BELBRU-EXMP101.eeas.europa.eu> <72f4f32d00e44071afbaa74b6b77ebad@BELBRU-EXMP101.eeas.europa.eu> From: Brian Inglis Organization: Systematic Software Message-ID: <09a3fd0d-81ba-11c0-1e85-b3578f39e9f6@SystematicSw.ab.ca> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2020 09:13:06 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.4.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-CA Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4xfC/AA4sb0rkKmJbKfQlRn4HWJjW0l2+M2zO2XeQxn0Y0wSHx6BRrMfgUfHygcYjGeSb6apLh8RIii1PSRkKdFFlIhCYn4vboyiEyyYUbpX+7P2KT1nr3 kZGExwNTcmlo5zvBCq85eMvGwJUiPV9+dA1K739f5exqiKyFk4LjqwTlYJkVdoy4ILnLSk3wMsgSi9CXlwg5o9nj1HQ9xJpRN3M= X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2020 16:13:09 -0000 On 2020-11-10 06:35, KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) wrote: >> From: Cygwin On Behalf Of Adam >> Dinwoodie >> Sent: 10 November 2020 13:57 >> Subject: Re: Git shows nothing in cmd.exe >> >> Thoughts below partly for my own reference, and partly in case anyone else >> – including but not limited to Panos! – manages to take things further before >> I do. >> >> I can't see anything obviously wrong here. There's two key oddities that >> might be causing problems, though: >> >> - Cygwin is installed in `C:\Program Files\Cygwin`; that _should_ work, but it's >> atypical, and spaces in filenames are a common source of problems. >> >> - This is a relatively old installation; I've not checked anything else, but Cygwin >> Git v2.21.0-1 was released in May 2019 and there have been a bunch of >> updates since then. I can't remember anything with these symptoms from >> that time, however. >> >> I'm also curious about the Git configuration here, as I can see a bunch of ways >> that could cause problems. I don't have the Cygwin bin directory in my path >> to test this immediately, but for example `git branch -a` will try to call a pager >> – `less` by default` – so I could imagine there being a PATH problem or similar >> that's resulting in a duff pager call that's eating the output. > > Adam, thank you very much! You found our issue. It is the "less" command from GnuWin32 that caused the problem: > > C:\>where less > C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\bin\less.exe > C:\Program Files\Cygwin\bin\less.exe > > C:\>rename "C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\bin\less.exe" less-OLD.exe > > C:\>cd dev\Projects\TSSO_WKS\tsso-workstation-configuration > > C:\DEV\Projects\TSSO_WKS\tsso-workstation-configuration>git branch -a > * master > remotes/origin/master > > It now displays correctly the branches. Gnuwin32 *latest* package updates seem to be 10 years ago, some nearly 20. Suggest deleting those and using current *mingw64*/msys Windows tools instead as they are maintained with recent security fixes. You should also be careful with PATHs using different toolchains: switch them completely, or layer them carefully, to avoid these issues. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. [Data in binary units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.]