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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
To: Rainer Lauer <lauerr@gmx.net>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, msysgit@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Challenge with Git-Bash
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:13:03 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100717171303.GB10730@burratino> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <001d01cb25cb$eb176980$c1463c80$@net>

(+cc: msysgit)

Hi Rainer,

Rainer Lauer wrote:

> with my Windows 7 Git-Installation I get following challenge:
>
> 1)	Set GIT_EDITOR to editor of your choice
>
> 2)	With Windows7 let this editor run in admin-mode
> 	Goto .exe-file -> right mouse-click -> compatibility -> run program
>	as admin (I'm running a German version maybe English names are slightly
>	different)
>
> 3)	Make a git action like git add file
>	                       git commit
> 	from the git bash.
>
> 4)	Now following message appears:  sh.exe: ./"editor of your choice":
> Bad file number
>
> Everything is fine without Admin-Mode set for editor.

Apparently “Bad file number” can mean “Permission denied” among other
things on Windows.  I do not have any better suggestion than to try
running git bash as administrator too, sorry.

Regards,
Jonathan

  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-07-17 17:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-07-17 16:20 Challenge with Git-Bash Rainer Lauer
2010-07-17 16:36 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
     [not found]   ` <007d01cb2687$62100a90$26301fb0$@gmx.net>
2010-07-18 14:55     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-18 17:02       ` AW: " Rainer Lauer
2010-07-17 17:13 ` Jonathan Nieder [this message]
2010-07-18 18:08   ` Rainer Lauer
2010-07-18 18:11     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-18 18:16     ` Files used by git config (Re: Challenge with Git-Bash) Jonathan Nieder
2010-07-19 18:09     ` AW: Challenge with Git-Bash Eric Raible

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