On 2022-10-21 at 09:26:11, shubham sharma wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am using git shell aliases in config and was facing some weird
> error. The error is not reproducible in all runs and occurs randomly
> between runs...consider the minimal config(alias section) below for
> usage idea:
>
> [alias]
> A = "!f(){ \
> ( \
> // implementation
> git \"$1\"; \
> ) 250<dir/tmp; \
> }; f"
> B = "!f(){ \
> ssh <server> <command>; \
> }; f"
> C= "!f(){ \
> git A B; \
> }; f"
>
> when firing "git C" from shell,in some cases(not deterministically reproducible)
> i observed weird waitpid errors of the type :
>
> error: waitpid for f(){ ssh <server> <command>; }; f
> failed: No child processes
> fatal: while expanding alias 'B': 'f(){ ssh <server> <command>;
> }; f': No child processes
> error: waitpid for f(){ (//implementation; git "$1"; )250<dir/tmp;
> }; f failed: No child processes
> fatal: while expanding alias 'A': 'f(){ (//implementation; git
> "$1"; )250<dir/tmp; }; f': No child processes
> error: waitpid for f(){ git A B; }; f failed: No child processes
> fatal: while expanding alias 'C': 'f(){ git A B; }; f': No
> child processes
>
> can anyone please help as to what could possibly be the reason for this?
Could you tell us what OS and version of Git you're running, and what
shell /bin/sh is? I could imagine that there might be some weirdness on
Windows with the shell, but I would find an ECHILD to be surprising on
Unix.
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brian m. carlson (he/him or they/them)
Toronto, Ontario, CA
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