On Fri, Dec 02, 2016 at 05:05:06PM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > 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 ... FWIW, I verified that this problem does not manifest itself on Linux, using the current scripted difftool. Peter, what actual diff tool are you using? Since these filenames work fine with "difftool -d" on Linux, it suggests that this is either a tool-specific issue, or an issue related to unix-to-windows path translation. -- David