X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; q=dns; s=default; b=SEKO IJ2eZirXcXn3gRckkWWpaqh3szafBX31kEu4I4Jikp/k/ORnY2KSvh/HiCEHt7O0 PaftYZkbYA2e+OSZnpTf8Su2/3zyyeOrR9I0Ea8l6nocvX9E8P+bJ+UEh7yqEVHf Uug3tdtrJBlcsT6xqDPQPBpyXXqH5hbe6zFUClk= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; s=default; bh=fP+djTPn4D qnaZHKeSkMVYSybgk=; b=po9rgYhXuB1yZH7GBxK16ZbJrVshY0E6/9OUakb1VY S1pfuvnZZvlk85A+shLJPJI7Ip/ikcVSwfyQjBFvA3VRsCPGkrWde7cKYhTx6r9m Rztmdj5Sm21bTlxgxrOSFh0/juDfUVWsFd5Q8dDZq/VlmQteaykl3JaIxcRvnbdU 8= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-wm0-f43.google.com X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to :user-agent; bh=ahvAUVWkq4K7BxzXMAmIx3K3HycVqaqLqDJn4QRXQ84=; b=CZuD2HQZJv8MK4ZB0/WOymgUGRRbc6FYBelrVz5TLu+Sx1G2TP8Wz362TiptWHdo1E 25RMRHWln6n6EQf+drUJ90ljkZoholtGrj42lZ/nZE6c3WQS8sSR5rqb0fYe5dUCASjQ p93VFOiCKD0qixzZZc4cxMLV3rGFLt1mjk/qcSPfTfkRjfnlfFZIUTnSwISCoIAKaDDs ZisggIykPMJqsjgJu1B6iJpSGhX5QV0mO66Z2t2yiY2ba+tCvSReH7R3tVTfPtmNBnCS X5Ww//6fSb2w67Xcg7DDPtL0vu/Zl8pBD0AhxI8q4AiSY3zfHUoqeFoqTVg7NH7+ZVPp iCnw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnnJVeTTptTryByynvjqIL3R89wr+ZJnQQ+b/Jss21SkuqpCO6qofhJTD7IJ7tLqsATl7c+ X-Received: by 10.28.156.83 with SMTP id f80mr702051wme.41.1449175343929; Thu, 03 Dec 2015 12:42:23 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 20:42:21 +0000 From: Adam Dinwoodie To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Git issue. Message-ID: <20151203204221.GK14466@dinwoodie.org> References: <1032375163.9174650.1448234447549.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> <1271139068.9180259.1448235027708.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1271139068.9180259.1448235027708.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-IsSubscribed: yes On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 11:30:27PM +0000, boulderfans wrote: > [/cygdrive/d/projects] > $ git --git-dir=d:/projects/git-git/.git config alias.foo ls-files > error: Unable to open tempfile: /cygdrive/d/projects/d:/projects/git-git/.git/config.lock > error: could not lock config file d:/projects/git-git/.git/config: No such file or directory > > The problem is that the code that is checking the --git-dir option > doesn't work properly if you use a DOS drive:/path specification. Hi Matt, Cygwin applications, including applications you've compiled yourself using the Cygwin toolchain, normally expect Cygwin's Linux-like paths, e.g. /cygdrive/d/projects/git-git. Attempting to use Windows paths simply isn't meant to work. You can convert from a Windows path to the equivalent Cygwin path using the cygpath utility, e.g.: git --git-dir="$(cygpath 'd:/projects/git-git/.git')" config alias.foo ls-files Adam -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple