This is likely due to a bug in Tk, the widget toolkit of 'git gui'. The bug was set to "obsolete" back in 2007, but there's no indication the problem was fixed. https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=112997&aid=1821174&group_id=12997 Jeff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html