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refreshing (Update F5) gitk when a new commit is present results in error #2390

@andrewsensus

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@andrewsensus
  • I was not able to find an open or closed issue matching what I'm seeing

Not the same; possibly related: #2297

Setup

  • Which version of Git for Windows are you using? Is it 32-bit or 64-bit?

I took the version installed by today's upgrade. From cygwin, I see the following:

$ file /cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/Git/cmd/git.exe
/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Git/cmd/git.exe: PE32+ executable (console) x86-64, for MS Windows

$ git --version --build-options

git version 2.24.0.windows.1
cpu: x86_64
built from commit: 6a3fa2a1833f3c7ac71cefefe44b3a4b4138e220
sizeof-long: 4
sizeof-size_t: 8

  • Which version of Windows are you running? Vista, 7, 8, 10? Is it 32-bit or 64-bit?
    Windows 10, 64-bit.
$ cmd.exe /c ver

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17134.1069]

  • What options did you set as part of the installation? Or did you choose the
    defaults?

I chose defaults during the upgrade. I didn't take the experimental add -i. I checkin and checkout preserving newlines.

# One of the following:
> type "C:\Program Files\Git\etc\install-options.txt"
> type "C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\etc\install-options.txt"
> type "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\etc\install-options.txt"
$ cat /etc/install-options.txt

type 'C:\Program Files\Git\etc\install-options.txt'

Editor Option: VIM
Custom Editor Path:
Path Option: Cmd
SSH Option: OpenSSH
Tortoise Option: false
CURL Option: OpenSSL
CRLF Option: CRLFCommitAsIs
Bash Terminal Option: MinTTY
Performance Tweaks FSCache: Enabled
Use Credential Manager: Enabled
Enable Symlinks: Disabled
Enable Builtin Interactive Add: Disabled

  • Any other interesting things about your environment that might be related
    to the issue you're seeing?

Nothing comes to mind.

Details

  • Which terminal/shell are you running Git from? e.g Bash/CMD/PowerShell/other

Normally powershell. I tried the same thing from CMD and got the same results.

gitk or gitk --all
modify a file and create a new commit with the change on the current branch
press F5 in gitk
Observe the error message
  • What did you expect to occur after running these commands?

I expected the new commit to be visible with the current branch shown as now pointing to the new commit.

  • What actually happened instead?

I got an error message in a dialog with an OK button:

Error executing git log: wrong # args: should be "escape_filter_paths paths"

The new commit is not visible in gitk; the current branch is no longer visible in gitk.

Closing and opening gitk makes the new commit visible and shows the current branch pointing to the new commit.

  • If the problem was occurring with a specific repository, can you provide the
    URL to that repository to help us with testing?

N/A; Doesn't seem to depend on repository.

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