Maximizing windows during "git log" locks mintty both in "Git for Windows" and cygwin 3.4.3

Takashi Yano takashi.yano@nifty.ne.jp
Tue Jan 10 17:02:50 GMT 2023


On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 16:50:26 +0100
Francesco Pretto wrote:
> I want to report a bug in mintty that is mostly suffered by "Git for
> Windows" users, which in version 2.39.0.2 they are using mintty 3.6.1.
> The bug has been reported in this "Git for Windows" issue[1].
> Basically maximizing the mintty window during a "git log" session
> locks the tty session and the window must be quit/killed. I can
> reproduce within a vanilla cygwin mintty 3.6.3 session, which is
> present in the latest cygwin 3.4.3, using the same "Git for Windows"
> git binary. To reproduce;
> 
> - Open a cygwin mintty window, keep it **default** size, don't maximize here;
> - Go to a git repository directory;
> - Enter "git log" (I'm using the git binary from "Git for Windows",
> location "/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Git/cmd/git";
> - Maximize the window;
> - Try to exit "git log" by pressing "q" -> lock!

What does "uname -a" in Git for Windows say?

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Takashi Yano <takashi.yano@nifty.ne.jp>


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