git version >=2.25.x broke cloning in non-system drive letters [ramdisk]

[n3rd4i]

Tyring to clone repository in Windows, on non-system drive does not work.

To reproduce, git version >=2.25:

• in cmd.exe switch to non-system drive, e.g. T:
  • t:
• git clone <repo_url>
• Result: clone fails:
  • fatal: unable to get current working directory: No such file or directory

To confirm this:

• run the above procedure on git <2.25

[rimrul]

I've just tried this in both Git-Bash and Git-CMD. Both can clone this very repo via https just fine on my F:\ partition. So let me give you some details on the machine I tried this on:

• OS: Windows 8.1 64bit
• System drive: C:\ a NTFS partition on an SSD
• Drive I tested on: F:\ a NTFS partition on an HDD
• Command I ran: git clone https://github.com/git-for-windows/git.git
• Git for Windows version: 2.25.windows.1 (64 bit installed via the setup)

Please see if there are some more details about your setup that make this reproducible.

We also have an issue reporting template that asks for a bunch of these details already, but you decided to delete that. Please, feel free to fill that out next time.

[n3rd4i]

[...] but you decided to delete that.

I did not, I've used Android application, FastHub to report the issue, there was no template there.

System info:
OS: Windows 10 64bit, Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18362.657]
System drive: C:\ a NTFS partition on an SSD
Drive I tested on: T:\ a NTFS partition on an RAMDISK, see below
Command I ran: git clone https://github.com/git-for-windows/git.git
Git for Windows version: 2.25.0.windows.1 (64 bit installed via the chocolatey)

Complete steps to reproduce, cmd.exe:

T:\>choco install git.install --version 2.24.1.2 --params "/NoAutoCrlf"
[...]

T:\>git --version
git version 2.24.1.windows.2

T:\>git clone git@github.com:git-for-windows/git.git
Cloning into 'git'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 428420, done.
remote: Total 428420 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 428420R
Receiving objects: 100% (428420/428420), 168.18 MiB | 5.61 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (310805/310805), done.

Upgrade to 2.25.0, cmd.exe

T:\>choco upgrade git
Chocolatey v0.10.15
Upgrading the following packages:
git
By upgrading you accept licenses for the packages.

You have git v2.24.1.2 installed. Version 2.25.0 is available based on your source(s).
[...]

T:\>git --version
git version 2.25.0.windows.1

T:\>git clone git@github.com:git-for-windows/git.git
fatal: destination path 'git' already exists and is not an empty directory.

Details for setting up RAMDISK:

T:\>choco install imdisk
[...]

T:\>imdisk -a -m T: -s 300M -p "/fs:ntfs /q /y"
Creating device...
Created device 2: T: -> Image in memory
Drive letter T: points to '\Device\ImDisk1' instead of expected
'\Device\ImDisk2'. Will attempt to redefine drive letter.
Formatting disk T:...
Cannot lock current drive.
The type of the file system is RAW.
The new file system is NTFS.
QuickFormatting 300.0 MB
Creating file system structures.
Format complete.
     300.0 MB total disk space.
     296.8 MB are available.
Notifying applications...
Done.

[n3rd4i]

Additionally, chocolatey package uses the following hash, from here, legal\VERIFICATION.txt, meaning installer is the same as official one:

T:\>%chocolateyinstall%\tools\checksum -t sha256 Git-2.25.0-64-bit.exe
6FFB0674A5F5FEC2A328DD40456EDE87ED3C7DE653ECD6950F9CF132BCA2F94C

Official one for download to check the hash:
https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/download/v2.25.0.windows.1/Git-2.25.0-64-bit.exe

[rimrul]

I did not, I've used Android application, FastHub to report the issue, there was no template there.

Oh, I see. Github apps are a bit of a mixed bag unfortunately. They are often more comfortable to use than the website but tend to lack features somewhere.

on an RAMDISK

now that is an interesting detail.

There has been a fix regarding ramdisks after 2.25.0 (see #2480 ). Could you try the latest snapshot?

[n3rd4i]

Used the above binary:

T:\>git --version
git version 2.25.0.windows.1.26.g69c22a9a95

T:\>git clone git@github.com:git-for-windows/git.git
Cloning into 'git'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 428420, done.
remote: Total 428420 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 428420R
Receiving objects: 100% (428420/428420), 168.18 MiB | 5.64 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (310805/310805), done.

This version seem to be working fine.

[dscho]

Let's chalk this up as a duplicate of #2480, then.

[dscho]

BTW @rimrul great work helping @n3rd4i so quickly!