Error in startup script for GIT GUI (v.2.5.2)

[johngraciliano]

After installing v2.5.2 (64-bit), I tried executing GIT GUI from windows menu and I received back an error message:

Error in sartup script
couldn't read file "C:\Progam Files\Git\cmd\mingw64\libexec\git-core\git-gui": no such file or directory

Indeed the reference is bad because there is no cmd between Git and mingw64.

[dscho]

Thanks for the report; I can reproduce the issue!

[dscho]

I will see how many other problems need hotfixes, and release a new version soon.

In the meantime, as a work-around you could right-click on the Git GUI shortcut (you can right-click the icon in the Windows menu and open the file location to get there), select Properties... and change the Target: from

"C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git-gui.exe"

to

"C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe" gui

It will open an ugly, unnecessary console until the next Git for Windows version is available, but at least it will work until then.

[Beanow]

For the equivalent of this workaround for the explorer integration:

Run regedit.exe,
Change HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\Background\shell\git_gui\command\(Default)
from "C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git-gui.exe" "--working-dir" "%v."
to "C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe" "gui" "--working-dir" "%v."