Invalid executable path error for git version :: mingit bundled with vsts-agent :: RAM Disk

[VenumadhavDuriseti]

Moving this issue to gitforwindows

• I was not able to find an open or closed issue matching what I'm seeing
• Kind of similar issue

Setup

• Which version of Git for Windows are you using? Is it 32-bit or 64-bit?
  64 bit, that is packed with vsts-agent-2.164.6

$ git --version --build-options

Invalid executable path:

• Which version of Windows are you running? Vista, 7, 8, 10? Is it 32-bit or 64-bit?
  10.0.14393 x64

Issue summary

I set up RAM Disk drive (X:) on my machine, using imdisk (and osfmount etc) and downloaded the agent binaries from 2.164.6 and tried running git version, it fails saying "Invalid executable path"

[dscho]

@VenumadhavDuriseti if you download the latest snapshot's Portable Git and extract it onto that RAM disk, does that Git work?

[VenumadhavDuriseti]

I tried the Portable git and mingit, it gives the same error:

[Ajaja]

I have the same problem with ImDisk RAM drives.

[dscho]

I tried the Portable git and mingit, it gives the same error:

@VenumadhavDuriseti You delight in keeping this report the opposite of verbose, or for that matter, complete, don't you?

Like, is this CMD or Git CMD? Can you execute any .exe you copy to the RAM drive?

It is pretty frustrating to have to work with that little information, too little, in fact, to make any sense of your bug report. Essentially, you try to force me to do way more work on my side than I actually have to. Please be more considerate.

@Ajaja if you could put in a bit more effort to add missing information to this ticket, that would also be more than welcome.

[dscho]

Oh well, thanks to #1405 (comment), I was able to set this up quickly.

[dscho]

quickly.

Where "quickly" translates to "30 minutes that I could not take care of issues that affect more than a mere dozen Git for Windows users"... 😞

[dscho]

The next snapshot will have this fixed.

[VenumadhavDuriseti]

Thank you @dscho for having this fixed, and apologies for not being clear on description.

Like, is this CMD or Git CMD? Can you execute any .exe you copy to the RAM drive?

Just leaving information here, it is a normal cmd. And yes I can run any exe I copy to RAM Drive.

[dscho]

Could you verify that the latest snapshot fixes the issue?

[VenumadhavDuriseti]

Seems like it works, thank you @dscho

[dscho]

Thank you for confirming!