From: Andy Koppe <andy.koppe@gmail.com>
To: "Rudisill, Steven L. (Booz Allen Hamilton)" <Steven.Rudisill@va.gov>
Cc: "git@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: mintty bug in current git bash (Git-2.42.0.2-64-bit.exe)
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2023 14:58:25 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHWeT-Z--gefA561v8i3Ff4EmfJbMasG3WPTHs7_YwCo0H03BA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SJ0PR09MB99693718DDA17BC15532A3099CA5A@SJ0PR09MB9969.namprd09.prod.outlook.com>
On Fri, 3 Nov 2023 at 14:11, Rudisill, Steven L. (Booz Allen Hamilton) wrote:
> Mintty has a bug - when double-clicking on text, the preceding '~' or '.' is not selected.
> https://github.com/mintty/mintty/issues/1237
>
> This really slows down interacting in git bash because this is a very frequent console interaction:
> Double-clicking to select a path (which copies it to the paste buffer since the text is highlighted), then easily paste to manipulate text.
> The pasted text is omitting the preceding '~' or '.' character.
>
> Please release a new git bash version that uses the updated mintty with the fix for this bug. The issue link above indicates that this is a bug and has been fixed.
This is fixed in mintty 3.6.5, which is part of the Git for Windows
2.43.0 release candidate announced earlier today:
https://lore.kernel.org/git/20231103085526.3655-1-johannes.schindelin@gmx.de
Regards,
Andy
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2023-11-03 14:10 ` mintty bug in current git bash (Git-2.42.0.2-64-bit.exe) Rudisill, Steven L. (Booz Allen Hamilton)
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