From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Shawn O. Pearce" Subject: Re: git-gui Error Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 02:45:19 -0500 Message-ID: <20070213074519.GA32687@spearce.org> References: <20070213065616.GA4195@auto.tuwien.ac.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Martin Koegler X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Feb 13 08:45:29 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HGsLw-0006qO-Lv for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:45:29 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751164AbXBMHpZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Feb 2007 02:45:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751163AbXBMHpZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Feb 2007 02:45:25 -0500 Received: from corvette.plexpod.net ([64.38.20.226]:57795 "EHLO corvette.plexpod.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751167AbXBMHpZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Feb 2007 02:45:25 -0500 Received: from cpe-74-70-48-173.nycap.res.rr.com ([74.70.48.173] helo=asimov.home.spearce.org) by corvette.plexpod.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HGsLp-0007T5-4f; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 02:45:21 -0500 Received: by asimov.home.spearce.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id BF83620FBAE; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 02:45:19 -0500 (EST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070213065616.GA4195@auto.tuwien.ac.at> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - corvette.plexpod.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - spearce.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Martin Koegler wrote: > Starting git-gui without any parameters display an error message instead > of a usage message: Starting it with no parameters (`git-gui` or `git gui`) should work just fine. I do this all of the time on Mac OS X and Windows, as it opens a commit window and keeps it running. > Error in startup script: child process exited abnormally > while executing > "close $fd" > (procedure "load_all_heads" line 11) > invoked from within > "load_all_heads" > invoked from within > "if {[is_enabled transport]} { > load_all_remotes > load_all_heads > > populate_branch_menu > populate_fetch_menu > populate_push_menu > }" According to this backtrace, we were trying to startup the UI and load the branches, but: git for-each-ref --format=%(refname) refs/heads returned a non-zero exit code or something else with it went wrong. Is this maybe a brand new repository? This is most certainly a bug in git-gui, but I'd like to understand more about the environment so I can track it down. -- Shawn.