Re: Error after calling git difftool -d with

[David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Dec 02, 2016 at 05:05:06PM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> Hi Peter,
> 
> On Fri, 2 Dec 2016, P. Duijst wrote:
> 
> > Incase filenames are used with a quote ' or a bracket [  (and maybe some more
> > characters), git "diff" and "difftool -y" works fine, but git *difftool **-d*
> > gives the next error message:
> > 
> >    peter@scm_ws_10 MINGW64 /d/Dev/test (master)
> >    $ git diff
> >    diff --git a/Test ''inch.txt b/Test ''inch.txt
> >    index dbff793..41f3257 100644
> >    --- a/Test ''inch.txt
> >    +++ b/Test ''inch.txt
> >    @@ -1 +1,3 @@
> >    +
> >    +ddd
> >      Test error in simple repository
> >    warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in Test ''inch.txt.
> >    The file will have its original line endings in your working directory.
> > 
> >    peter@scm_ws_10 MINGW64 /d/Dev/test (master)
> >    *$ git difftool -d*
> >    *fatal: Cannot open '/d/Dev/test//Test ''inch.txt': No such file or
> >    directory*
> >    *hash-object /d/Dev/test//Test ''inch.txt: command returned error: 128*
> > 
> >    peter@scm_ws_10 MINGW64 /d/Dev/test (master)
> >    $
> > 
> > 
> > This issue is inside V2.10.x and V2.11.0.
> > V2.9.0 is working correctly...
> 
> You say v2.11.0, but did you also try the new, experimental builtin
> difftool? You can test without reinstalling:
> 
> 	git -c difftool.useBuiltin=true difftool -d ...

FWIW, I verified that this problem does not manifest itself on
Linux, using the current scripted difftool.

Peter, what actual diff tool are you using?

Since these filenames work fine with "difftool -d" on Linux, it
suggests that this is either a tool-specific issue, or an issue
related to unix-to-windows path translation.
-- 
David