Hi Leland, On Mon, 6 Dec 2021, Leland Weathers wrote: > Issue: Using Git Bash for Windows (2.34.1-64) and Python 3.9.9, a git > path is incorrectly prepended to environment variables in Python code. >From Git for Windows' [Release Notes' "Known Issues" section](https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/blob/master/ReleaseNotes.md#known-issues): * If you specify command-line options starting with a slash, POSIX-to-Windows path conversion will kick in converting e.g. "`/usr/bin/bash.exe`" to "`C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\bash.exe`". When that is not desired -- e.g. "`--upload-pack=/opt/git/bin/git-upload-pack`" or "`-L/regex/`" -- you need to set the environment variable `MSYS_NO_PATHCONV` temporarily, like so: > `MSYS_NO_PATHCONV=1 git blame -L/pathconv/ msys2_path_conv.cc` Alternatively, you can double the first slash to avoid POSIX-to-Windows path conversion, e.g. "`//usr/bin/bash.exe`". Those release notes are shown by default when you install Git for Windows, and they are also accessible via the Start Menu as "Git Release Notes". > [... snip ...] > > In both cases I am using the same Python virtual environment. Other > environment variables (e.g. non-absolute directory paths) appear to be > read correctly. I'm assuming that this is a git issue given the Premature end-of-mail? Ciao, Johannes
