Re: Error after calling git difftool -d with

[Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>]

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 ...

Ciao,
Johannes