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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Challenge with Git-Bash
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:13:03 -0500
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(+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 slight=
ly
>	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 =E2=80=9CBad file number=E2=80=9D can mean =E2=80=9CPermissi=
on denied=E2=80=9D among other
things on Windows.  I do not have any better suggestion than to try
running git bash as administrator too, sorry.

Regards,
Jonathan