Hi Peter, On Fri, 2 Dec 2016, P. Duijst wrote: > Incase filenames are used with a quote ' or a bracket [ (and maybe some more > characters), git "diff" and "difftool -y" works fine, but git *difftool **-d* > gives the next error message: > > peter@scm_ws_10 MINGW64 /d/Dev/test (master) > $ git diff > diff --git a/Test ''inch.txt b/Test ''inch.txt > index dbff793..41f3257 100644 > --- a/Test ''inch.txt > +++ b/Test ''inch.txt > @@ -1 +1,3 @@ > + > +ddd > Test error in simple repository > warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in Test ''inch.txt. > The file will have its original line endings in your working directory. > > peter@scm_ws_10 MINGW64 /d/Dev/test (master) > *$ git difftool -d* > *fatal: Cannot open '/d/Dev/test//Test ''inch.txt': No such file or > directory* > *hash-object /d/Dev/test//Test ''inch.txt: command returned error: 128* > > peter@scm_ws_10 MINGW64 /d/Dev/test (master) > $ > > > This issue is inside V2.10.x and V2.11.0. > V2.9.0 is working correctly... You say v2.11.0, but did you also try the new, experimental builtin difftool? You can test without reinstalling: git -c difftool.useBuiltin=true difftool -d ... Ciao, Johannes