On 2018-11-18 01:35, Ray Donnelly wrote: > On Sun, Nov 18, 2018, 6:07 AM Steven Penny <svnp...@gmail.com wrote: >> Cygwin Git can clone with Unix form paths: >> $ git clone git://github.com/benhoyt/goawk /tmp/goawk >> Cloning into '/tmp/goawk'... >> remote: Enumerating objects: 330, done. >> However it fails with Windows form: >> $ git clone git://github.com/benhoyt/goawk 'C:\cygwin64\tmp\goawk' >> Cloning into 'C:\cygwin64\tmp\goawk'... >> fatal: Invalid path '/home/Steven/C:\cygwin64\tmp\goawk': No such file or >> directory
Use cygpath: $ git clone git://github.com/benhoyt/goawk `cygpath 'C:\cygwin64\tmp\goawk'` >> and mixed form: >> $ git clone git://github.com/benhoyt/goawk C:/cygwin64/tmp/goawk $ git clone git://github.com/benhoyt/goawk $(cygpath C:/cygwin64/tmp/goawk) >> fatal: Invalid path '/home/Steven/C:/cygwin64': No such file or directory >> Note that other Cygwin programs work fine with these forms: >> $ ls 'C:\cygwin64' >> bin Cygwin.ico dev home sbin usr >> Cygwin.bat Cygwin-Terminal.ico etc lib tmp var If Windows paths work, that's convenient; if Windows paths don't work, use cygpath, as it is often required, that's why it's available. >> This causes problems for any non-Cygwin tools that might call Git: >> http://github.com/golang/go/issues/23155 > This is very much the point of msys2. Also Git for Windows (MinGW based) which tries to provide a more compatible experience without msys2 DLLs; and which can also be installed under msys2. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
