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$PATH not quite right #18
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After opening up up PortableGit (using a git-bash.bat file to keep the settings portable per http://stackoverflow.com/a/3455231/647393 - which by the way should be standard for PortableGit IMO), I found that my $PATH looks like this:
//bin:.:/usr/local/bin:/mingw/bin:/bin:/c/Misc/ConEmu/ConEmu:/c/Windows/system32:/c/Windows:/c/Windows/System32/Wbem:/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/:/c/Program Files (x86)/ATI Technologies/ATI.ACE/Core-Static:/c/Program Files (x86)/Heroku/bin:/c/Program Files (x86)/git/cmd:/c/Program Files (x86)/Java/jre7/bin: C:/Misc/PortablePython-2.7.5.1/App/Scripts
The last path looks different than the rest and therefore doesn't work, and I don't know why. The last two are both part of the user PATH environment variable in Windows 7 but the Java one doesn't get converted into C:/ rather than /c/.
I was able to fix this by editing .bash_profile to append :/c/misc/portablepython-2.7.5.1/app/scripts which works. Incidentally .bash_profile works but .bashrc does not work, which seems opposite of what I'd expect per .bash_profile only applying to "login shells" per http://stackoverflow.com/questions/415403/whats-the-difference-between-bashrc-bash-profile-and-environment.
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t-b commentedon Oct 23, 2014
If you change your windows path to not contain a space before each path component, i.e.
c:\Misc\...instead ofc:\Misc\...does it work then?The $PATH in bash is created as concatenation of the windows paths, converted from
c:\a;c:\bto/c/a:/c/b, and the paths internally set,.:/usr/local/bin:/mingw/bin:/bin.It looks strange that the first part of $PATH starts with
//bin, but that should not matter IIRC.dscho commentedon Oct 23, 2014
Please open a separate Pull Request to allow discuss these changes.
cluelesscoder commentedon Oct 23, 2014
t-b: actually that fixed it! duh. thanks.
dscho: if you agree, maybe you should open it. it was my interpretation that this was already proposed and rejected by the developers. see dgw's comment at SO: "I asked, and was told it wouldn't be added".
should I open another issue about ,bash_profile working and ,bashrc not working, or has this question already been addressed?
also, where is PortableGit? I can't seem to find a place to download it even though I know I did before. did it get taken down? I seriously think that even with the prominent FAQ on the relationship between msysgit and this project, there's a confusing mix of things going on here.
dscho commentedon Oct 29, 2014
dscho commentedon Oct 29, 2014
@cluelesscoder I will keep in mind that if I ever am in need for any suggestion how to fill my abundant free time, I will ask you :-P
init: remove git_init_db_config() while fixing leaks
init: remove git_init_db_config() while fixing leaks
revision: free remainder of old commit list in limit_list
bulk-checkin: make buffer reuse more obvious and safer
split-index: use oideq instead of memcmp to compare object_id's
split-index: use oideq instead of memcmp to compare object_id's
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sparse index: fix use-after-free bug in cache_tree_verify()
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bulk-checkin: fix segfault with unsafe SHA1 backend
Fix rare segfault in sparse-index (git-for-windows#690)
Fix rare segfault in sparse-index (git-for-windows#690)
Fix rare segfault in sparse-index (git-for-windows#690)
Fix rare segfault in sparse-index (git-for-windows#690)
Fix rare segfault in sparse-index (#690)
builtin/gc: fix condition for whether to write commit graphs
odb: properly close sources before freeing them
builtin/gc: fix condition for whether to write commit graphs
odb: properly close sources before freeing them
Fix rare segfault in sparse-index (git-for-windows#690)
builtin/gc: fix condition for whether to write commit graphs
odb: properly close sources before freeing them
Fix rare segfault in sparse-index (#690)
builtin/history: unuse the commit buffer after use