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authorGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2014-10-31 16:14:12 -0400
committerGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2014-10-31 16:14:12 -0400
commite7b70553d40a8bb2f894ce311cf618826095c294 (patch)
tree93b53503895fe726b9187e33cef50681c06828d4 /doc/bugs/getEffectiveUserID_not_supported_on_Windows.mdwn
parent90d840d64e9e94d5cd8c1c1fa2fa74855217e83d (diff)
Windows: Fix crash when user.name is not set in git config.
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@@ -20,3 +20,9 @@ Running Windows 7, x64. Also tried running as administrator and in a cmd.exe she
### Please provide any additional information below.
The `git annex test` command does work, and all 84 tests passes.
+
+> [[fixed|done]]; I was able to reproduce this bug, and it was crashing
+> trying to look up the geckos username. I don't understand why this worked
+> before; some change exposed this code path on Windows. In any case, I've
+> fixed the crash, and I will be updating the windows builds with this bug
+> fix. --[[Joey]]