Jim Jensen <jhjjhjjhj <at> gmail.com> writes: Some further information: git gui --trace doesn't seem to do anything. I copied the tree from the directory it was in : /cygdrive/c/Docume~1/dad/Desktop/cyghome/javt to: /javt and gitk started working. In this directory git-gui give the following error: couldn't execute "C:\cygwin\usr\sbin\git-core\git-update-index.exe": invalid argument couldn't execute "C:\cygwin\usr\sbin\git-core\git-update-index.exe": invalid argument while executing "error $err" (procedure "_open_stdout_stderr" line 16) invoked from within "_open_stdout_stderr [concat $opt $cmdp $args" (procedure "git_read" line 26) invoked from within "git_read update-index -q --unmerged --ignore-missing --refresh " (procedure "rescan" line 39) invoked from within "rescan ui_ready" (procedure "do_rescan" line 2) invoked from within "do_rescan" ("after" script) Any more ideas on things to try? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html