On 2023-10-27 at 09:59:47, John wrote: > Brian, > > Thanks very much for your suggestions. Unfortunately, after each command, I continue to get the same error messages noted in my original email. > > Any Windows 11 experts out there--please help. > > John > > On Fri, 27 Oct 2023, at 16:25, brian m. carlson wrote: > > On 2023-10-27 at 07:31:32, John wrote: > >> I have been using Sublime Text 3 as the editor on Git for Windows for years, on Windows 10. I recently purchased a Windows 11 machine. On that machine, when I give GFW the following command, I get the response shown: > >> > >> $ git commit -a > >> […] > >> hint: Waiting for your editor to close the file… C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 3\sublime_text.exe: C:Program: command not found > >> error: There was a problem with the editor ‘C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 3\sublime_text.exe’. > >> Please supply the message using either -m or -F option. > > > > I think the "command not found" indicates that you may have specified > > your editor incorrectly. In Git Bash, can you try the following > > commands, one at a time, and then commit between each one to see if one > > of them works? > > > > git config --global core.editor '"C:/Program Files/Sublime Text > > 3/sublime_text.exe"' > > git config --global core.editor '"C:\Program Files\Sublime Text > > 3\sublime_text.exe"' > > > > I believe that both should work here. > > > > My guess is that this is the situation hinted at in the FAQ[0], where, > > because the editor is passed to the shell (bash), you need to use double > > quotes to prevent it from thinking that you have a program named > > "C:\Program" with arguments "Files\Sublime", "Text", and > > "3\sublime_text.exe". > > > > Hopefully this works; if not, please let us know, and hopefully someone > > on the list who uses Windows can provide some help. I'm afraid that, as > > a Linux user, I'm not able to provide more than a guess here. > > > > [0] https://git-scm.com/docs/gitfaq#configure-editor It looks like this was sent to just me and not the list, so forwarding it back for additional assistance. -- brian m. carlson (he/him or they/them) Toronto, Ontario, CA
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